Lok Satta President wants hospitals rated

Hyderabad, Jun 23 : Lok Satta Party President Jayaprakash Narayan today stressed the need for establishment of an independent agency to rate healthcare providers on the quality of their services.Launching'manahealthcare.com,' a portal giving details of healthcare facilities in Hyderabad, to begin with, he said public, private and voluntary institutions have to work together to make quality healthcare available to all. He pointed out that 85 per cent of healthcare providers in USA were 'no-profit' entities. Mere provision of healthcare services would not guarantee healthcare, he said and referred to supply of contaminated drinking water even in upmarket localities like Banajara Hills and Jubilee Hills.
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