MUMBAI : Private hospitals have approached the government to re-consider its order on capping prices of medical procedures during the covid-19 pandemic citing potential losses and impact on the salaries of healthcare workers.
On 1 May, the Maharashtra state government had issued an order to cap the prices of a host of medical procedures in private and charitable hospitals in the state to prevent healthcare providers from hiking their charges during the covid-19 pandemic.
However, the government’s move left private hospitals peeved as the caps on medical procedures were a fraction of the prices private hospitals would otherwise charge. “We have taken up the matter with the covid-19 task force headed by the BMC commissioner, which also has