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Abantika Ghosh
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ABANTIKA GHOSHAuthor & journalist
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GAMES HOSPITALS PLAY ✳ DECODING YOUR PRIVATE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE

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Between care
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01 — THE BOOK

A revealing look at what happens when the business of healing becomes a business of profit.

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A BOOK BY ABANTIKA GHOSH · 2025

Games Hospitals Play

Decoding Your Private Healthcare Experience

Investigating the hidden economics of India’s private healthcare industry, from hospital billing and treatment packages to insurance and accountability.

Hospital bills, insurance, treatment decisions and the economics of private healthcare, examined through investigative reporting.

PUBLISHERBloomsbury India
RELEASED18 Nov 2025
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Press · 11 Oct 2026

জীবন বাঁচানোর আড়ালে মুনাফার খেলা : অবন্তিকা ঘোষের অনুসন্ধানী গ্রন্থ ‘গেমস হসপিটালস প্লে’

বাংলা সংবাদপত্রে অবন্তিকা ঘোষের অনুসন্ধানী গ্রন্থ Games Hospitals Play-এর আলোচনা। ভারতের বেসরকারি স্বাস্থ্যসেবা, চিকিৎসার ব্যয় এবং মুনাফাকেন্দ্রিক হাসপাতাল ব্যবস্থার প্রসঙ্গ উঠে এসেছে। পূর্ণ সংবাদপত্রের কাটিং পড়তে ছবিতে ক্লিক করুন।

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