#Delhi government plans law to rein in private hospitals

The Delhi government aims to make private clinics and hospitals in the city accountable by implementing the Clinical Establishments Act, a Central law under which the maximum cost of medical procedures would be laid out and services standardized.

The law, passed by Parliament in 2010 and notified two years later, provides for registration of all health facilities, clinics and pathology labs, even if it is run by a single doctor. It also stipulates the minimum requirements for facilities and manpower.