When Alpana welcomed her firstborn in August this year, a major private hospital in Kolkata handed her family a bill of ₹3.5 lakh that included the costs of surgery and pre-post parturition care. The couple was entirely distraught as her journey to motherhood was not a smooth one. The couple had already spent around a lakh in OPD to overcome complications with her pregnancy. However, Alpana is not alone, the cost of healthcare is skyrocketing with each passing day and in the elaborate scheme of things, couples tend to overlook the exorbitant costs of medical support during pregnancy.
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