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 ₹11.05 carrying a printed MRP of ₹325 ; a markup of 2,841%. A syringe procured at ₹6.75 carried an MRP of ₹57.20. A catheter procured at ₹29.41 carried an MRP of ₹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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Sharing for help abt fellow Brother in Arms ❤️
“Some stories should not be scrolled past. This is one of them.
Col Anurag Upadhyay scored in the 99th percentile in CAT. He could have chosen a corporate career. He chose the Indian Army instead.
He volunteered for the Special Forces, completed probation with 3 PARA (SF), and joined the raising team of 12 PARA (SF). Even after a heart attack in 2008, he returned to active duty.
In August 2025, he suffered a severe posterior circulation stroke. Today, he has Locked-in Syndrome. His body has been severely affected. His mind has not.
He is conscious and aware. He remembers. He thinks. Through eye movements and alphabet-based scanning, he communicates his thoughts. Further complications resulted in bilateral below-knee amputations.
This post is not asking for sympathy. It is asking for possibility.
His family knows what the medical literature says. They are not asking for promises. They believe no credible possibility should remain unexplored because the right expert was outside their network.
They seek connections to:
• Neurologists and neuro-rehabilitation specialists experienced in Locked-in Syndrome
• Rehabilitation centres focused on neurological recovery
• Researchers exploring recovery of movement, speech or other functions
• Research and emerging technologies, including brain-computer interfaces
• Eye-tracking and assistive technology that could give Anurag a more independent voice
• Veteran organisations or individuals who can open the right doors
Someone reading this may know a doctor who has treated a similar patient, a rehabilitation team that has seen a different outcome, a relevant researcher—or someone who can make the right introduction.
His prognosis should be determined by medicine and how his body responds—not by a lack of information, access or connections.
Please make a connection if you can. DM “Tales Of A Gypsy” on Instagram. If you cannot, share this until it reaches someone who can.
No sympathy. Just one question: What more is possible for Col Anurag ?
Let us help him find out”
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Prayers 🙌For You- Brother Anurag ❤️
@Dreams_realites Shame on the Snabit policy makers, People should shun such companies who don't have moral grounds to stand with their employees in times of need.
If you’re from India and have access to any of the cargo drones mentioned below and you’re a trained, experienced drone pilot who can help with relief operations in Nepal, please DM me. We urgently need your help.
Many villages in Nepal are currently cut off because of floods, damaged roads and destroyed bridges, while helicopter access is limited.
Cargo drones could help deliver essential supplies to areas we can’t reach easily, including:
• Medicines & first-aid supplies
• Dry food
• Power banks
• Radios/communication equipment
• Blankets and other emergency supplies
Some suitable Indian options include:
• BonV Aero / Air Hans — up to 20 kg payload, ~12 km range, up to 30 min flight time, high-altitude capable, with winch-delivery options
• Krushaka
• Marut Drones
• NeoSky / Throttle Aerospace
If you can help us source these drones, arrange temporary deployment/rental, or connect us with trained pilots, please reach out.
We will coordinate the necessary arrangements for deployment in Nepal.
Please share this widely. Someone in your network might have exactly what we need right now.
Nepal needs every possible hand. 🙏
Sulabh Mathur went to the lavish PAUL restaurant in Gurugram.
He ordered a Caesar Salad for ₹445.
And then he found a LIVE WORM in the salad.
PAUL is not some small roadside restaurant. It is an expensive restaurant where high profile people go.
Still, when it comes to food safety, customers are made fools.
After Sulabh uploaded the video to raise the issue, someone named Rajneesh from the restaurant contacted him, saying they wanted to make sure such a mistake does not happen again.
Basically, it looks like the restaurant wants to settle the issue, close the matter and move on.
Where is the Food Department?
What action is being taken?
Outside food is becoming more and more expensive every day, but food safety remains zero.
How is it that we almost never find live worms in the food we eat at home, but somehow these things keep coming out of restaurant food?
If a premium restaurant can serve this, imagine what is happening at places nobody is checking.
Food safety is a myth.
Some acts of courage are beyond words. They are forged in moments when fear is real, the stakes are enormous, and yet a soldier chooses to step forward.
A proud salute to Maj Aditya Pratap Singh, SC, SM, 9 Rajputana Rifles, who has been awarded the Bar to Shaurya Chakra for exceptional bravery while serving with 44 Assam Rifles. 🇮🇳
This Independence Day let’s talk about the heroes and their heroic efforts!
#44AssamRifles
𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 & 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿 | 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻
#SpearheadDivision under #SpearCorps facilitated 87 residents from Gelling, Norbuling and Tuting, #ArunachalPradesh under the Government of India's #RannBhoomiDarshan initiative. The participants visited the sacred Chorten at #KepangLaPass, paid homage to the heroes of the 1962 War at Siang Shaurya Sthal and experienced the state-of-the-art Audio-Visual Gallery, reaffirming the enduring bond between the #IndianArmy and the frontier communities.
#SpearCorps के अंतर्गत #SpearheadDivision ने भारत सरकार ���ी #RannBhoomiDarshan पहल के तहत #ArunachalPradesh के गेलिंग, नोरबुलिंग एवं तूतिंग के 87 स्थानीय नागरिकों को #KepangLaPass स्थित पवित्र चोर्टेन एवं सियांग ��ौर्य स्थल का भ्रमण कराया। प्रतिभागियों ने 1962 के युद्ध के वीरों को श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की तथा अत्याधुनिक ऑडियो-विजुअल गैलरी का अवलोकन करते हुए भारतीय सेना और सीमांत समुदायों के बीच अटूट विश्वास एवं संबंधों को और सुदृढ़ किया।
#IndianArmy #SpearCorps #SpearheadDivision #RannBhoomiDarshan #SiangShauryaSthal #SeemaDarshan #ArunachalPradesh #NationFirst
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@LGIndia Purchased a 1.5 Ton LG AC in March, within 3 mths it stopped cooling. After repeated follow-ups, your engineer finally confirmed the compressor is faulty & needs replacement. Disappointed with product quality & service. Complaint No: RNP260520041993. Resolve urgently.
Proud to share that the 13th Battalion NDRF Rescuers have been deployed at Pangong Lake to ensure safety and swift response during the Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon 2026 — Asia’s first and the world’s highest frozen lake marathon. 🇮🇳
As part of their rescue duties, the team stands fully prepared to handle any unforeseen eventualities, ensuring a safe and successful event for all participants. Their dedication and commitment to saving lives truly exemplify service above self.
@NDRFHQ@ndmaindia@official_dgar@ANI
Indian stock exchanges are closed today for Mumbai's municipal elections.
The fact that our exchanges, which have international linkages, are shut down for a local municipal election shows poor planning and a serious lack of appreciation for second-order effects.
As Munger said: "Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome."
The holiday exists because no one who matters has any incentive to oppose the market holiday.
It also tells you how far we have to go before global investors take us seriously.