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Delhi forms nine-member panel to cap profit on drugs in private hospitals (Lead)

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New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday formed a nine-member committee to put a cap on the profit on medicines and consumables in the city’s private hospitals and nursing homes, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.

The committee has been asked to submit its report before December 31.

The committee will also look into the issues of no compulsion for patients to buy drugs from in-house pharmacies of private hospitals, price to be charged by them for various diagnostic investigations, and a mechanism for eradicating commissions in medical practice.

Addressing the media here, Jain said the decision was taken after complaints about astronomical profits made by private hospitals on medicines and consumables.

He said the committee had experts, including Indian Medical Association President K.K. Aggarwal and Delhi Medical Council (DMC) President Arun Gupta, among others.

“Take a genuine profit, but 1,000 per cent or 500 per cent margin is not acceptable,” the Minister said.

Jain said the government had not fixed any particular profit limit and has left it to the experts to decide.

He said many hospitals do not prescribe drugs on the National List of Essential Medicines, whose prices are decided by the central government.

The decision on the committee follows Jain’s meetings with the IMA, DMC and experts.

A Delhi government official told IANS that the decision does not need the approval of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and is not expected to run into any hurdles.

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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