Are we spending too much on healthcare?

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  • Published On: June 13, 2012
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In the latest episode of Money Mantra, Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, national professor of pharmacology, Apollo Hospitals; P.K. Dave, chairman-advisory board, Rockland Hospital, and Sudipto Mondol, economist, discuss how Indians are spending too much money on healthcare and the role doctors play in this. They say there are doctors who often prescribe medicines that are not needed at all.

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