'Private health centres are exploiting': Petition in SC on mismanagement of health facilities
- While hearing public interest litigation filed regarding mismanagement of health facilities, the Supreme Court has issued notices to the central and all state governments.
- In the petition of NGO Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, it has been claimed that private health centres are exploiting patients.
- Uniform medical protocol is not being followed in hospitals. In the Supreme Court, the counsel for the petitioner argued that the health facilities in the country were not working properly.
- Patients are being overcharged and small clinics and laboratories do not have the proper number of medical personnel.
- The petitioner told the SC that there should be standard guidelines, treatment protocols for healthcare centres as 70 % of healthcare are in private hands.
