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A general view of the lobby area is pictured at the Fortis Memorial Hospital at Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, May 20, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

Corporate Hospitals in the US Point to the Path India Shouldn’t Be Taking

Government ‘Freezes’ Health Insurance Rates, Ignores Private Hospitals’ Protests

New Health Insurance Scheme Is Unscientific: Private Hospitals to Centre

Some of the Digaria villagers who allege that Malpani hospital in Jaipur duped them into participating in a clinical trial. Credit: Shruti Jain

A ‘Clinical Trial’ Controversy is Unfolding in Jaipur – Who is Responsible?

Patients, doctors, civil society, private hospitals, insurance companies, bureaucrats and lawyers all have a stake in monetary settlements that private hospitals are offering patients. Credit: pxhere

What Happens When Private Hospitals Pay Off Patients out of Court?

The Government General Hospital, Chennai. Tamil Nadu introduced a free medicines model in 1995 consisting of highly a effective system of drug procurement, quality checks and supply and distribution centred on government hospitals. Credit: SwiftRakesh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Whatever Happened to India’s National Free Medicines Scheme?

The government could soon publish a list of essential diagnostic tests along the lines of the National List of Essential Medicines. Credit: pixabay

India Begins Making a List of Essential Diagnostics Whose Prices Could Be Capped