MAHARASHTRA : The Indian Medical Association on Tuesday said it would stop work and hand over hospitals to the Maharashtra government to operate if the latter does not reverse a price cap decision in seven days.IMA state president Dr Avinash Bhondave said the state government had capped rates at which services have to be rendered to COVID-19 patients by private hospitals while ignoring the steady rise in input costs, like clearing bio- medical waste, as well as purchase price of several items like PPE kits, N95 masks and oxygen cylinders."We want rationalising of rates of health services extended to COVID-19 patients.
If the state government not review its decision of capping prices for services within seven days, then we will stop work and.