Minister seeks doctors’ cooperation on fixing treatment charges

Asserting that the government is shortly launching a universal healthcare scheme by merging present schemes, Health Minister Shivananda Patil has appealed to doctors to cooperate with the government by agreeing to charges for various treatments fixed by the government to help the poor.
Speaking after inaugurating the newly-installed CT scan unit at the government hospital on Sunday, Mr. Patil said the government is fixing the charges after consultations with medical experts. “The objective is clear; we want to provide affordable healthcare to all. To achieve this, the complete cooperation of the medical fraternity is essential. They should come forward to join hands with the government to ensure that deserving people get affordable treatment,” he said.
He expressed dismay over some doctors becoming money-minded and exploiting the poor in this regard. Some doctors, for higher commissions, prescribe only expensive medicines to patients, which, he said, was spoiling the image of doctors in general.

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