Took my son to a doctor today as he is suffering from a viral infection. An elderly couple came at the reception. The gentleman was taken aback to hear the consultation fees of Rs 700. They decided to leave.
I had half a mind to request them to allow me to do the needful but it would have been an affront to their self respect.
But it brings home the reality of a searing increase in cost of living. Sarkari hospitals are choked to gills. Private medical care is prohibitively expensive. What does the common man do?