Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw slams calls for free Covid vaccines at private hospital
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Last Updated: Mar 05, 2021, 08:27 PM IST
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The Health Ministry said last week that private hospitals functioning as COVID-19 vaccination centres may recover a charge, subject to a ceiling of Rs 250 per dose. Some experts and politicians questioned this move, pointing to the practice in many countries where vaccination is free in private facilities.
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Mazumdar-Shaw said: If people are willing to pay for COVID-19 tests, which are Rs 500-1000 per test, why would they crib for a life protecting vaccine? .
Biotechnology industry veteran Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has slammed calls from some experts and politicians to provide COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals for free, terming them irrational.
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