Question

explain in detail the strength and weakness of the Healthcare facility in India

Answer 1

5 Things to know about India's Healthcare System

India was ranked at 112 out of 190 countries by World Health Organization's 2000 report. What are some key strengths and weaknesses of India's health care? How should the country transform itself to achieve its future Healthcare vision

Answer 2

Healthcare system problem are endless like malnutrition, infant mortality, infrastructure and so on..….

Important here is the solution….

Everyone knows India Population is huge and no one neglect that qualified level doctor we have, which is expert in Surgery.India is the largest supplier of generic medicines globally (20 per cent of global export volume), India has one of the lowest manufacturing costs in the world. Manufacturing cost in India is approximately 35–40 per cent of that in the US as installation and workforce costs are low. India is the one of largest consumer and exporter of medicine in world.

When we compare our development with America or Europe, we have done nothing in term of health System, Our GDP on health is in decimal,

Lets understand the 3 Level health system .

Level 1 Home (Nutrition, Hygiene, Sanitation)

Level 2. Doctor (Govt. appointed )

Level 3. Hospital (Medicine and Infrastructure )

You can’t start from Level 2 or 3, It should be work on sequence way, suppose you have large no . of doctor but no hospital and very high patient ratio, other case suppose you have Good Hospital but no doctor, so you have to work in sequence.

Unfortunately our System level 1 has very decimal growth from Independence,

Sanitation :- one of the major condition is our attitude, we (men) generally pee in open and sometime in Bus Stand or Railway Stand we teach our son the same…so its inherited in our DNA, One of the Fact that 50 % of population have no flush toilet, Public Sanitation system is Worst Condition.


In this essay, I will discuss the problems of health care. What are the prospects and challenges associated with them? Also, I will investigate on the way forward for such a condition.

Health care is not only medical care, but also all aspects of preventive care as well. WHO defines health as "State of total physical, mental and social well-being and not a mere absence of disease or infirmity." But, in India, there is no such health well being. Let's look at the problems of health care in India.

The SOCIAL problems are enormous. There is a complete neglect of rural population. According to KPMG report, 32% hospitals and 16% beds are available in the rural areas where nearly 75% of the population reside. Furthermore, the suicide rate is immense in India. According to WHO, the suicide incidences in India are 21.1 per one lakh population. It confirms the lack of mental well-being of citizens. Also, the tribal community is fighting hard against the health problems. The Under-5 mortality among the tribals is more than any other community in India.

Similarly, there are many POLITICAL and INFRASTRUCTURAL problems. There is an overemphasis on secondary and tertiary health care facilities with no serious primary health centers, which is the first point of contact. Furthermore, the condition of healthcare infrastructure is in a sad state. There is a lack of hospitals along with the weak strength of doctors and nurses. It is a policy failure as the focus is more on demand-side rather than handling supply side. For instance, lack of emphasis on hygiene, environment, sanitation, etc.

There are ECONOMIC problems too. On the one hand, there is massive poverty which doesn't allow people to use expensive health services in the private sector. On the contrary, public health expenditure is inadequate. The public health care spending is nearly 1% of GDP, which is way below than the other developing countries. For instance, China invests approximately 3% of GDP. Therefore, the out of pocket expenditure shifts families from APL to BPL.