Health Care - India
With
over 200 government and private medical colleges, India has one of the
largest numbers of trained medical personals in the world. Indian doctors
are recognized for their skill and competence all over the world.
Unfortunately due to poor infrastructure and government apathy in the
past, Indian health care facilities were struggling to cope up with huge
population load. Poverty, poor hygiene and lack of sanitary facilities
together with warm and humid climate provide a perfect breeding ground for
infectious diseases in India. During the recent years some of the
infectious diseases like measles, mumps, diphtheria, whooping cough and
polio have been brought under control by wide spread vaccination programs
initiated by the government and health organizations. There has been a
tremendous decrease in maternal and infant mortality indices due to
success of Maternal and Child welfare programs. Overall life expectancy
has increased for both men and women. But when compared to the western
standards Indian health indices still lag far behind. A changing life
style, over crowding, air and water pollution has resulted in an increase
in the number of heart diseases, cancers, allergic respiratory diseases
and traffic accident related traumatic disorders. Diseases like HIV/AIDS
and tuberculosis are also increasing. A massive increase in population has
put a tremendous load on the civic and health care facilities.
Unequal
distribution of resources is a major problem in India. There has been a
mushrooming of hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics in urban areas. A
number of large corporate hospital and clinics with state of the art
facilities that are comparable to the best in the world have come up in
large cities. Many people from Asian countries and even from Europe and
America come to India to avail these excellent facilities that are
provided by these hospitals at a relatively cheaper rate. At the same time
there is an abject lack of basic health care facilities in rural areas of
India. Private sector hospitals and clinics in urban areas can help in
changing this imbalance by providing facilities for the poor at a greatly
reduced cost and by opening small referral centers providing basic health
care facilities in rural areas. A large drive for public awareness along
with huge monetary inputs from both the government and private sector is
needed to solve this problem. A vision of ‘Health for all’ along with
a firm commitment by the Government and health care
organizations is required to bring the health care facilities all over
India, at par with those of developed countries.
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