The most expensive part of a hospital bill may never touch the hospital at all.
A patient admitted for care has no way of knowing whether the price on a medical consumable reflects its actual cost or a markup fixed long before it ever reached the ward. That gap in information is, at its core, a public health issue.
A survey of hospital consumables in Maharashtra found an IV infusion set with a trade price of тВ╣11.05 carrying a printed MRP of тВ╣325 ; a markup of 2,841%. A syringe procured at тВ╣6.75 carried an MRP of тВ╣57.20. A catheter procured at тВ╣29.41 carried an MRP of тВ╣310.
These are not elective purchases. Patients cannot compare prices, seek alternatives, or question a number printed on a box while receiving care and the MRP itself is often fixed upstream by manufacturers and distributors, disconnected from the trade price by a wide, unexplained margin. The result is a system where the party bearing the cost has the least information to evaluate it.
The regulatory gap is structural: scheduled medicines are capped under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013. Most medical devices and consumables are not leaving both the pricing and the information around it almost entirely unmonitored.
A review of these findings and clear guidelines on the permissible gap between trade procurement price and declared MRP have been recommended to the Department of Pharmaceuticals and the NPPA ; a step toward closing not just a pricing gap, but the information gap patients are left to bear alone.
#PublicHealth #GoodGovernance #Leadership #TukaramMundhe
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One gets bail within days despite being caught on camera.
Other languishes in jail for six years without even a trial or hearing.
Same justice system. Very different approach.
Bhai Chandra sahab ke тВ╣22,000 crores maaf nahi karte to India mein UPI agle 20 saal tak free chal jaata by governmentтАЩs number of тВ╣8,000 crores subsidy.
Also NPCI - which runs UPI has тВ╣6,119 hard cash on its balance sheet and pre tax operating profit of тВ╣1,900 crores. NPCI apne cash pe and profits par zindagi bhar UPI free chala sakti hai. Government ka kuchh lena dena hi nahi hai. Government earned тВ╣1,000 crores tax from NPCI last year.
A Satirical post is getting more eyeballs than the plight of these Tribal kids with no water to drink ever did.
WhatтАЩs happening in Balaghat is a complete system collapse, not mere negligence.
ЁЯФе India has #coal. Then why are 59 power plants running critically short of it?
Because having coal and having coal where you need it, when you need it are two different things.
As of Sept 9, 59 coal-fired power plants had critically low stocks. Yet Coal India reportedly had ~76 million tonnes sitting at mine pitheads.
So whereтАЩs the problem?
ЁЯСЙ LOGISTICS.
Think of the chain:
Coal mine тЖТ loading тЖТ railway rake тЖТ power plant тЖТ electricity
IndiaтАЩs power demand has remained extremely high. Thermal plants are burning coal faster, while monsoon conditions can disrupt mining and transportation.
The result?
Coal may be available at the mine, but not enough is reaching some power plants quickly enough.
And thereтАЩs another problem:
тШАя╕П Solar drops after sunset
ЁЯТз Hydro flexibility can be constrained
тЭДя╕П Evening AC demand remains high
ЁЯФе Coal plants must fill the gap
That means coal inventories can fall rapidly.
Important: тАЬcritical stockтАЭ does NOT mean 59 plants are shutting down. Coal keeps arriving every day. It is essentially an inventory warning sign.
The bigger lesson:
Energy security isnтАЩt just about how much coal India produces.
It is about whether we can produce, transport and deliver the right quantity to the right power plant at exactly the right time.
Sometimes the problem isnтАЩt scarcity.
ItтАЩs the last mile.
Expired food items are being used to feed children in Govt Schools. Would those sitting in power feed the same food to their own children?
And if exposing this means FIRs against us, then please do. We wonтАЩt stop exposing the truth.
#SchoolThikKaro
@Abhiofficial005 OhoтАж тАж idiotic people тАж atleast get the India image corrected тАж
You are using Distorted images of great Indian nation тАж. Pathetic show..
Then again its takes a little education тАж. Which obviously isnтАЩt your cup of tea people .
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Just received this message from villagers in Hingoli.
The school, built in the 1950s, had been in shambles and in desperate need of renovation for decades.
Finally, after our meeting in the village, the authorities have begun dismantling the old building to make way for a new school.
#CJPImpact
A safe food is where public health begins, not in hospitals.
Prevention at the kitchen door costs far less than treatment at the hospital bed.
The outcomes of enforcement go beyond public health. A society where food businesses meet a genuine food standard is a society with fewer preventable illnesses, more consumer trust, and a stronger food economy .overall Health and economic outcomes rise together when food safety is taken seriously.
#TukaramMundhe #Foodsafety #Leadership #people
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Getting paid only тВ╣2,000 a month for cooking, washing utensils & cleaning the school.
The govt school staff are being exploited. They deserve better pay.