{
  "id": 13963824,
  "title": "Centre asks states to ensure hospitals display service rates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/centre-asks-states-to-ensure-hospitals-display-service-rates",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T12:14:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/centre-asks-states-to-ensure-hospitals-display-service-rates/134892909"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ministry said Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava, in a letter to the Chief Secretaries of all states and UTs, called for a review of compliance with applicable regulatory provisions and appropriate measures to ensure that information on healthcare service charges is clearly visible and easily accessible to patients and their attendants.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Ensure prominent display of healthcare service rates at clinical establishments: Centre to states",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ensure-prominent-display-of-healthcare-service-rates-at-clinical",
        "published": "2026-10-12T09:26:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Display rates of healthcare services prominently, Centre tells States",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/display-rates-of-healthcare-services-prominently-centre-tells-states",
        "published": "2026-10-12T11:09:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}