In late August, a Community Health Centre performed more than 100 sterilisations in just eight hours, ignoring safety guidelines. While death was avoided, the incident showed that the system has not changed.

With no interest among political parties to improve health services and limited government expenditure on public health, healthcare is virtually impossible for the impoverished.

While the government's order on price cap is applicable to all COVID-19 patients, private hospitals have found newer ways to overcharge patients.

As her mother lay in the ICU, a young woman fought harder than a government representative to enforce the state’s price cap order for COVID cases. She won the battle, but lost her mother.

Two sisters tell the ordeal of getting their unconscious mother admitted in a hospital.

Modi's mention of this specific problem highlights at once the denigration of Muslim and Dalit communities, without naming them, and also reflects the slow inching towards his party's 'Hindu Rashtra' dream.