Cost of an operation. US vs Third World India

[ ] Digital X-Ray with contrast gel
[ ] CT Scan (GE 2021 model)
[ ] HIV test (Negative)
[ ] Covid 19 test (Negative, had 2 jabs already)
[ ] Blood test (Full panel)
[ ] X-Ray chest (Digital, Toshiba)
[ ] ECG (Normal)
[ ] 2D Doppler Echogram (2019 model)
[ ] Full, detailed medical history taken
[ ] All Drugs needed for Pre-Op, Surgery, Post-Op & Recovery
[ ] Anesthesia (Expert application of spinal block by Dr. of Anesthesia)
[ ] Operation Theatre
(2 Sr. Residents, 1 Jr. Resident, Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, 2 Surgical nurses, 1 Technician)
[ ] Surgery (Removal of sinus infection site in left foot done by Prof. Dr. Navneet Badoni, Head of Orthopaedics)
[ ] Post Op (1 Sr. Nurse, 2 nurses, 2 ward attendants)
[ ] Private Room (1 Sr. Nurse, 4 Nurses, 1 Attendant per shift)
[ ] All services performed at a large teaching/charitable hospital that sees roughly 8-10 thousand Outpatients per day and has its own oxygen generation plant.
[ ] Total costs for the above is Rs 29,272/- ($393)
Estimated costs in the US is $12,000 (Rs 8,94,000)
WHY?

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