CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
NPPA has asked hospitals to display revised price list of cardiac stents.Whar does stands for NPPA
A
National Press Photographers Association
B
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
C
Native Plant Protection Act
D
Natriuretic Peptide Precursor A
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to a notification issued by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), prices of drug eluting stent would be fixed at ₹29, 600, while that of bare metal stents would stand at just ₹7, 260. In comparison, the prices of drug eluting stents now range between ₹40, 000 and ₹1.98 lakh.

Detailed explanation-2: -A stent is a small mesh tube typically used to hold open passages in the body, such as weak or narrowed arteries. Stents are often used to treat narrowed coronary arteries that provide the heart with oxygen-rich blood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buy original Medtronic Resolute Integrity Coronary Drug Eluting Stent for Rs. 145, 041.75.

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