Medical Mafia.

Issues and complaints regarding the Sehat Sahulat Programme and its implementation continue to come to the fore and it is extremely unfortunate to see how citizens who depend on the programme are being misled and mistreated at the hands of the medical fraternity. An increasing number of cases are being reported of private hospitals either refusing to accept the health card for offering treatments or using delaying tactics in the treatment of those who want to avail the facility.

Based on the frequency of such cases, it appears that most of the private healthcare outlets and senior doctors of the public sector hospitals are in a tacit agreement to discredit the Sehat Sahulat Programme. Some claim that this is a ploy to protect their hegemony, but these issues should be sorted out with government authorities instead of exploiting and manipulating those who cannot afford to pay for medical care. Patients who desperately require medical attention are being refused treatment while government functionaries are busy making tall claims about the success of the program.

Reports reveal that a lot of the surgeons in private hospitals are not...

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