RT-PCR Test: In this petition, it has been requested to instruct the Central and State Governments that instead of charging from Rs 900 to 2800 for the RT-PCR test, the rate should be uniformly set at 400 across the country.
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court to conduct an RT-PCR test at the rate of a maximum of 400 rupees and to bring uniformity in this campaign for the investigation of COVID-19 across the country. Has gone. In this petition, it has been requested to instruct the Central and State Governments that instead of charging from Rs 900 to Rs 2800 for the RT-PCR test, the rate should be uniformly set at 400 across the country.
BJP leader and advocate Ajay Aggarwal have filed this petition. The petition claimed that in the name of this test, pathology laboratories across the country are earning crores of rupees by taking arbitrary money. According to the petition, a lot of profit is being made in this RT-PCR test. In Andhra Pradesh, the benefit based on the cost of this test is 1400 percent while in Delhi it is 1200 percent.
RT-PCR Kit available in the Indian market for less than Rs. 200
The petition claimed that the RT-PCR kit is available in the Indian market for less than Rs 200. According to the petition, "Apart from this, the machines used for RT-PCR tests are already with the laboratories which are being tested in large numbers and there is no extra cost on them."
Aggarwal has said in the petition, "This is a matter related to 135 crore people of the country because every person is concerned about the coronavirus and has to pay an arbitrary price to these laboratories for RT-PCR test." The petition alleged that private laboratories and hospitals are exploiting this disaster as an opportunity to earn money and are earning crores of rupees from these tests.