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In a circular addressed to the health secretaries of all the states in the country, the Union Health Ministry has directed all hospitals, including privates ones, to follow its February notification on capping the prices of stents.

The government on February 13, had slashed by up to 85 per cent the prices of life-saving coronary stents, tiny metal tubes inserted into the narrowed coronary arteries.

The latest move is said to be issued in favour of the order issued on May 8th by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir requesting the Health Minister to issue a circular clearly indicating that all hospitals should abide by the notification.

The notification, aimed at stopping the menace of over-pricing of coronary stents in various hospitals, dictates the price of bare metal stents to be Rs. 7,260 per unit and that of drug eluting variety has been fixed at Rs. 29,600 per unit.

The circular issued in this regard urges hospitals of all states to “abide by the notification dated February 13 relating to the capping of prices of stents issued by the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers”.

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