Hospital Charges ₹1.3 Lakh For ₹11,000 Injection, Supreme Court Questions Medicine Pricing
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The Supreme Court of India on October 27 questioned the steep mark-ups charged by private hospitals on cancer medicines after citing a case in which a hospital allegedly charged ₹1.3 lakh for a chemotherapy injection that a medical distributor could procure for ₹11,000. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta criticised the disparity while hearing petitions seeking stronger regulation of medicine prices and medical devices. The Centre defended its pricing policies, while representative
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