Treatment in private hospitals to get costly with 5% GST on non-ICU rent

Patients seeking treatment in private hospitals will need to shell out more money, as the room rent (excluding ICU) exceeding Rs 5,000 per day per patient, which is charged by a hospital, will now be taxed to the extent of amount charged for the room at 5 per cent without Input Tax Credit (ITC), as per the decision made by the GST Council. While National Health Accounts (NHA), under the Union Heal…