WHO has placed India in 112th position among 191 countries of the world in healthcare. Even Bangladesh is ahead of India.
31.5% of hospitals and 16% of hospital beds are situated in rural areas where 75% of the total population resides.
According to the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, in South Asia, Sri Lanka (66), Bangladesh (91) and Nepal (110) continued to be healthier than India. There are various issues with Indian healthcare policy such as:
- Rural population does not even get primary healthcare
- Allopathy is too expensive for a large portion of the population
- Insurance companies do not cover all population effectively, especially the elderly and those who are vulnerable to disease
- VIP culture exists even in hospitals, mainly government hospitals
- Indian traditional healthcare, that is Ayurveda, does not even count in so-called modern healthcare and thus causes a lot of unemployment for Ayurvedic doctors as well as making a burden for allopathy specialists
Our Proposed Solutions:
- Prepare a mechanism for Ayurvedic and Homeopathic doctors as primary doctors for all
- Everybody must have access to primary doctors
- Healthcare insurance is a must for every citizen of the country
- Healthcare premium must be decided on the basis of salary and income of the individual
- Health card same as Aadhaar card for everyone
- Health insurance companies must insure each and every individual to be covered in insurance irrespective of his/her health or age
- Basic diseases must be cured by primary doctors only
- In case of emergencies there is no need of carrying an insurance card as well as no need to register the patient. It is the duty of the doctor to treat emergencies without any delay
- Insurance companies with a greater number of critical patients and aged clients will get incentives from the government, and the most favourable insurance agency will be decided based on the number of vulnerable members covered
- Primary doctors who are Ayurvedic doctors can refer a case to specialist doctors
- Every individual must get their primary doctor's contact details so that he/she can contact him/her anytime
- Every individual must get all health conditions covered in insurance with a basic premium without any extra fees for any kind of disease
- When a primary doctor is unavailable, calls must be automatically redirected to another primary doctor, thus making primary healthcare available 24/7
- An effective agency must ensure the quality of medicines and must comply with international standards, and banned medicines must be publicised by the government from time to time