No matter which clinic, which hospital, or which nursing home you visit in India, they always have patients pouring into them in large numbers. The major reason for it being, poor doctor to patient ratio. In India there is just one doctor for 1700 people (Source). But that is not what I am most concerned about. The bigger problem which exists right now is, that one doctor, … [Read more...]
The Indian Health Care System is completely flawed and AIIMS is the best example for it
When we got our independence, the first thing our planners did was to build heavy industries. The Health and education sections were sadly neglected. The result is, still we have poor HDI. The human capital was never developed. As a practicing intern at AIIMS, the weak health system of India is starkly visible to me. Even for minor illness like PID (Pelvic Inflammatory … [Read more...]