Swati Maliwal Exposes Private Hospital's Huge Upfront Payments In Parliament, Urges For Transparency
New Delhi: AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has exposed how private hospitals demand huge upfront payments, charge five-star hotel rates for rooms, and mark up basics like gloves and medicines in Parliament on Monday, during the Budget Session’s Zero Hour.
The AAP leader, while demanding transparent pricing, emergency treatment first, and rate caps, urged nationwide enforcement of the 2010 Clinical Establishments Act.
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Maliwal pointed out that many people share painful stories of denied insurance and ICU neglect. Notably, some doctors defended costs by pointing to advanced care, fueling a larger conversation on India’s healthcare affordability crisis ahead of Budget 2026.
💔 THIS HIT HOME. HARD.
When an MP actually raises a REAL issue, they deserve applause 👏@SwatiJaiHind spoke powerfully in the House about private hospital loot something every middle-class family fears.
An emergency doesn’t just break your health…
it breaks your savings,… pic.twitter.com/WOOvbGZ2J8— Pushpendra Singh (@pushpendrakum) February 3, 2026
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Average revenue per occupied bed (ARPOB) in top private chains rose 23% to nearly Rs 50,000 per day in 2024-25, driven by advanced technology, high-end, and expensive consumables, with medical inflation at 12 to 15 % annually, as per reports.
