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- India’s Union Health Ministry ordered all states and Union territories to make clinical establishments display service charges.
- The displayed prices may not reflect final bills because costs vary with investigations, complications, and stay length.
- Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava mailed chief secretaries requesting compliance review and appropriate action.
- The rule, based on the Clinical Establishments Act 2010 and 2012 Central Government Rules, requires bilingual price displays.