Shimla, March 11 -- In a statement issued from Shimla, leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur said while the government had initiated robotic surgery services in the state's medical colleges, the fee for such procedures were nearly doubled within a span of just four months. He said at the Atal Super Specialty Hospital in Chamiyana, the cost of surgery for patients admitted to the general ward-which previously stood at Rs 30,000-has been hiked to Rs 50,000. Patients in the special ward are now being charged Rs 80,000. "The CM had clarified long ago that robotic surgery would be brought under the ambit of Him Care scheme. More than four months have lapsed, the government has not issued any official order in this regard," he said. htc...