HealthSupreme Court Criticizes Private Hospitals for Overpricing Medicines
The Supreme Court criticized private hospitals for acting as profit-driven industries rather than service providers, highlighting cases where medicine prices in private healthcare are up to ten times higher than retailer prices. The bench questioned why a uniform 16% margin cannot be applied to all medicines under the Essential Commodities Act and sought clarity on price control differences between scheduled and non-scheduled drugs. Concerns were raised about hospitals pushing patients to buy costly medicines from in-house pharmacies.
Deccan Herald·3h ago


