Question

why do you think people in the rural areas go to untrained practitioner

Answer 1

Given the state of the public facilities, the main sources of health care are private practitioners and traditional faith healers (bhopas). However, such practitioners are largely untrained and unregulated, said Dr Banerjee. His team found that 41% of those in the private sector who called themselves doctors said they had no medical degree, 18% had no medical or paramedical training at all, and 17% had not even graduated from high school. In 68% of visits to private clinics or practices patients were given an injection and in 12% patients were given a drip, compared with 32% and 6% in public facilities. Only 4% of visits to private facilities led to a laboratory test for diagnosis.