Americans are quick to brand things evil. Of course there are for-profit hospitals in India. All the private ones are. Its just that the system has not deterio

Americans are quick to brand things evil. Of course there are for-profit hospitals in India. All the private ones are. Its just that the system has not deteriorated so much as the US, that price of basic care has shot up so much. The procedure described in the article is reasonably simple. I am not a doctor; the reason I know is my dad had the same procedure, once in 2005 and once in 2013. Once the procedure was done, his doctor had a post-surgery chat with my mom and me, and gave us the box the stent came in. The cost of the Stent was approx Rs 150000. The whole cost was about 200,000 (including preliminary testing, doctor's fees, stay, surgery, post-surgery, and a ride home). We did it at one of the top hospitals in India (http://www.madrasmedicalmission.org/ http://www.madrasmedicalmission.org/), and talking to some folks there, I was told that the profit was made in the cost of the Stent. Even though the box quoted Rs 150000, the hospital acquired it at 1/10th that price directly from the manufacturer (Abbott).