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Bharat Chikitsa Puraskar
Bharat Chikitsa Puraskar
Non-availability of diagnostic tools and increasing reluctance of qualified and experienced healthcare professionals to practice in rural, under-equipped and financially less lucrative rural areas are becoming big challenges. Rural medical practitioners are highly sought after by residents of rural areas as they are more financially affordable and geographically accessible than practitioners working in the formal public health care sector. But there are incidents where doctors were attacked and even killed in rural India In 2015 the British Medical Journal published a report by Dr Gadre, from Kolkata, exposing the extent of malpractice in the Indian healthcare system. He interviewed 78 doctors and found that kickbacks for referrals, irrational drug prescribing and unnecessary interventions were commonplace. According to a study conducted by Martin Patrick, CPPR chief economist released in 2017 has projected people depend more on the private sector for healthcare and the amount spent by a household to avail of private services is almost 24 times more than what is spent for public healthcare services. India is home to one of the world's largest healthcare systems. Despite huge challenges, the country provides free, albeit basic, healthcare to over one billion people. That's no small accomplishment! It also enjoyed significant triumphs, such as eradicating polio in 2011. Additionally, communicable diseases in India fell by a remarkable 50% between 1990 and 2016. These are tremendous feats for the world's second most populated country. However, behind these achievements are some harrowing statistics. The country ranks 112 out of 191 countries on the World Health Organization's ranking of global healthcare systems. Infant mortality remains unacceptably high, approximately seven times that of the United States. India's healthcare system presents many serious challenges for both residents and visitors.
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