This isn’t entirely true. No one can beat the medical expertise of an AIIMS for example. That’s simply because the ingrained culture of medical exploration in govt hospitals. I come from a medico fam (parents have been profs at top medical institutes), so I’ve seen things in a bit upfront.
However, it helps GoI when pvt sector capex comes up since that reduces the stress on govt investments. It’s not that the patient is forced to visit private sector hospital, but for a lot of cases, routine stuff, pvt sector becomes the choice for people due to better facilities, etc.
This is a knee jerk move by SC and I’m pretty sure GoI won’t announce price ranges or price caps. They want to encouarge medical tourism and shunting out pvt sector for good isn’t the way to do that.
EDIT – thinking out loud, but this has significant 2nd order effects and perhaps suicidial. If pvt hospitals start earning less, doctor’s remuneration goes down (most docs earn on a per case basis). If that happens, incentive for medical education goes down. Mind you medicine education is a long-time investment (5 years MBBS + 3 years MD + 3 years super speciality) and you start as a junior doctor then! Pretty sure this won’t sail through.
D – Added Yatharth today.
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