Health Insurance: Unnecessary procedures on the rise in government hospitals too: Report

Unnecessary procedures on hapless patients has become a menace not just in private hospitals but is also becoming rampant in government hospitals.

A World Bank report on health insurance commissioned by the health ministry says that new government-sponsored health insurance schemes like the country’s flagship Rashtriya Swastha Bima Yojana (RSBY) has found evidence of unnecessary care. Read more