The Telangana Super Specialty Hospitals
Association (TESHA) and Telangana Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Association (THANA) are going to fight against the introduction of 10%
luxury tax on private hospitals.
Even
though things are not well between TESHA and THANA, they have joined
together to press the strike button over the resentments. Regarding
this, Dr.A.V.Guruva Reddy who is president of TESHA and MD of Sunshine
Hospitals said, "We have been paying Luxury tax from 1990.
That
is the inception of Luxury tax. But instead of helping they make a
negative impact and I am sure Hyderabad will lose its shine as a medical
destination. All 12 members of THANA have not been able to start the
Employee Health Insurance Scheme yet as the state has not favourably
agreed to their demands. Later TNGO leaders said,
"This
has forced 2.5 Lakhs Telangana NonGazetted Officers (TNGO) and Telangana
Gazetted Officers (TGO) association members and their families to grow
restless as almost 80% of them prefer to get treatments in leading
corporate hospitals."