Subhiksha is a big retailer in India with branches spread all over. It is supposed to be a big boon for consumers, with most items being sold at a rate lower than that available in neighborhood shops, something that will help the limited budgets of most lower and middle class families. Now let us consider the field of buying drugs from the neighborhood medical shop. Till now, all these drugs have been sold at the MRP mentioned on the drug (a little known fact is that the MRP is the maximum price at which the item can be sold - it can be sold for lower than the MRP); and then Subhiksha had the medical section where you could buy a drug or potion for lower than possible at the normal pharmacist. Given that the elderly are the ones most affected by drug prices, Subiksha would be the savior for many of our senior citizens. And then Subiksha has been complaining recently that their supplies of medicine has been getting choked because small retailers and even wholesalers are worried about the lower price of Subiksha:
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Motherhood is a very important stage in the life of a lady, and anything that could harm the prospect of motherhood needs to be considered very carefully. Additionally, in a sign that the Supreme Court was aware of the prospect of private hospitals and nursing homes trying to earn more money by conducting additional medical operations on patients (while the patient was on the operation theatre and only relatives had given permission), the Court had asked the medical institutions to take consent from the patient before conducting additional medical procedures (except in cases of urgency or life/death situations). Tying these 2 together, a patient whose ovaries were removed during a medical procedure by a doctor at a private hospital based on consent by relatives, has sought enhanced damages (she was awarded Rs. 25,000 earlier - clearly seems to be inadequate compensation):
In the landmark verdict on January 16, the SC had chastised private hospitals and nursing homes for inflating bills by conducting additional procedures on patients by taking consent from the relatives while he was on the operation table.