Pricing norms for private hospitals may have saved lives: House panel

The parliamentary standing committee on health has asserted that a sustainable pricing model could have averted many Covid deaths in the country as inadequate beds in government hospitals and absence of specific guidelines for treatment amid rising cases resulted in private hospitals charging exorbitant fees. The committee has a report on ‘Outbreak of Pandemic Covid-19 and its Management’ to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.