India, Sept. 29 -- Often, private hospitals charge an exorbitant amount of money from patients for certain treatments and procedures that they provide. Non-government medical institutions have been criticised for the same - but can they be branded as 'lootera' or thieves?

In a now-deleted video, Dr Rakshita Singh Bangar, a doctor and influencer with millions of followers, had called 'maximum private hospitals lootera' because they had reportedly charged her relative Rs.1 lakh for a C-section delivery, which was an emergency procedure.

On September 27, Dr Rahul Chawla, a neurologist trained at AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospitals, and an All India Rank 2 holder in AIIMS and 1 in PMT, took to Instagram to blast Dr Singh for calling doctors and ...