Haryana Food and Drugs Administration today conducted raids at hospitals at Panchkula.

Panchkula, Feb 20 – The teams constituted by the Haryana Food and Drugs Administration today conducted raids at hospitals at Panchkula, Sonipat and Gurugram, where cardiac stent implants are carried out, to ensure that no hospital violates the directions of the Central Government regarding price of stents and there is no shortage of cardiac stents.
While stating this here today, Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij said that Haryana Government has issued directions that action would be initiated if any hospital charges more than the prescribed price by the Central Government.
He said that National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority had slashed the prices of cardiac stent under Drug Price Control Order on February 14, 2017. Earlier, stents were being sold at Rs one lakh or more per stent, and now the prices have been reduced and it ranges from Rs 7,260 to Rs 27,000. He said that the Department has been ensuring that the patients get the stents at the reduced prices.
He said that the prescribed prices of cardiac stents were checked by the teams at Alchemist Hospital in Panchkula, Medanta – The Medicity, Artemis Health Institute, Paras Hospital, Columbia Asia Hospital and Fortis Hospital of Gurugram and Tulip Hospital in Sonipat. Apart from this, raids were also conducted at four cath labs and 10 chemist shops of the state.