Private hospitals call for 'holistic approach' in health care

Top representatives of private hospitals, including Apollo, Medanta Medicity and Naryana Health, are advocating a holistic approach to ensure quality health care along with profitability of hospitals. This follows action against prominent hospital chains such as Max and Fortis.
 
Speaking at the CII health summit in the capital on Thursday, the top brass of these hospitals pressed for a regulation requiring doctors to get written consent from patients before administering any therapy or test so that there is transparency.
 
Devi Shetty, founder and chairman of Naryana Health, said while private hospitals were being questioned in case of a