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No nod to hike oxygen prices, govt. tells HC
The Hindu
The State government on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that it had not approved the increase in the price of medical oxygen being supplied to various hospitals in the State.The government, howe
The State government on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that it had not approved the increase in the price of medical oxygen being supplied to various hospitals in the State. The government, however, added that the price for medical oxygen was fixed by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the Union Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers. The submissions were made by the government pleader when a writ petition by the Kerala Private Hospitals Association against the hike in the medical oxygen came up for hearing.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
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