The Centre issues directions to states to crack down on hospitals that reuse single-use medical devices, citing observations that the practice is occurring in some settings. The concern is reported to involve multiple types of hospitals, including private and corporate facilities.
According to the information provided, the issue is especially noted in areas such as cardiology, nephrology, oncology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, and neurosurgery. Outlets differ mainly in emphasis: Business Line foregrounds the administrative instruction and the specific medical specialties where reuse has been observed, while India Today frames the story more generally as hospitals being reviewed or scrutinised over the practice.
Overall, both reports centre on the same core development: government attention is being directed at reuse of devices designated as single-use in hospital care.
