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You Are the Doctor Who Could Stop Three Medicines Today - and Earn Less for Doing So

A Hindu op-ed published on 14 October 2026 by physician and author Chandrakant Lahariya highlighted overtreatment and polypharmacy in Indian healthcare. It called for deprescribing, stronger primary care, India-specific lists of low-value care and payment systems that reward outcomes rather than volume.