The plight of patients in private ICU-ICCU hospitals in the city of Mumbai is pathetic. This fact provided reason enough to study the subject. An examination of the conditions of these specialist units demonstrates that they violate the most fundamental human right — the right to life — and the directive principle of the right to health care. The phenomenal mushrooming of these private ICU-and ICCU-hospitals in Mumbai parallels the commercialisation of the medical profession and is fast destroying its ethics and morals