Maharashtra government on Tuesday fixed the cost of Covid-19 treatment at private hospitals across the state, ensuring that the rates remain lower in rural areas than in urban.In a notification, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government has classified areas into A, B and C groups.
The third category, where the prices are the lowest, excludes all urban centres and district headquarters.The rates prescribed by the government during the first wave of the pandemic were based on those prevalent in Mumbai, said state health minister Rajesh Tope while announcing the decision."We have now decided to rationalise them further, so the charges will be reduced in tehsil- and district-level hospitals," he said.The move came after several complaints of private.