Politicians particularly running government to score brawny points among public and media highlights and breaking news often visit hospitals and check availability of medicines, medical facilities and often sacks or question doctors blaming them for all irregularities knowing well that they allocate very less budget for health sectors and out of this their bureaucrats and ministers digest most as commission while medicines and other facilities. Similarly, first Government of West Bengal and then Karnataka Government introduced a health regulatory Amendment bill to tap doctors and Private hospitals.
The Karnataka government on Tuesday tabled a bill to amend certain provisions of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act 2007 which directs that all private medical establishments would have to follow the rates fixed by the government, including the package rates for…