<p>Shetty, who is the Chairman of Bangalore-based heart hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya, has been spearheading the campaign for withdrawal of service tax on health care industry.<br />The renowned doctor had earlier described the proposal to impose service tax on health care as a "misery tax".<br /><br />"This is not 'Service Tax', it is a 'Misery Tax' since the government wants to make money out of your misery", he had said in an open letter posted on the website of the Narayana Hrudayalaya.<br /><br />Mukherjee in the Union Budget for 2011-12 had proposed to impose an effective service tax of five per cent on all services, including diagnostic services, provided by a centrally air-conditioned clinical establishments having more than 25 beds for in-patient treatment.<br />Besides, the service tax would also be levied on services provided by consultant doctors operating from premises of such hospitals</p>
<p>Shetty, who is the Chairman of Bangalore-based heart hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya, has been spearheading the campaign for withdrawal of service tax on health care industry.<br />The renowned doctor had earlier described the proposal to impose service tax on health care as a "misery tax".<br /><br />"This is not 'Service Tax', it is a 'Misery Tax' since the government wants to make money out of your misery", he had said in an open letter posted on the website of the Narayana Hrudayalaya.<br /><br />Mukherjee in the Union Budget for 2011-12 had proposed to impose an effective service tax of five per cent on all services, including diagnostic services, provided by a centrally air-conditioned clinical establishments having more than 25 beds for in-patient treatment.<br />Besides, the service tax would also be levied on services provided by consultant doctors operating from premises of such hospitals</p>