We all know that Karnataka government wants to pass a bill to control the private hospitals and clinics. There are lots of discussions in many news channels, papers and social media regarding the same. I will quote one example. The West Bengal government has fixed rate for bronchoscopy and foreign body removal as 7000 rupee only. This surgery is one of the most challenging and risky. During this surgery both surgeon and the anaesthesia doctor will be under extreme tension. There are all chances of loosing the patient on operating table.
We need assistance of an expert nurse and theater workers. We need very good surgical equipment's worth at least 1.5 to 2 lakhs used only for this type of surgery. The doctor doesn't get many cases. One might get 2 or 3 cases in a year. The cost of anaesthetic machines, hospital equipment and post surgical care and so many other costs add up. So in…
