DoctoriDuniya HealthFeed

India is the second most populous country in the world. In spite of the intuitive and innovative accomplishments over the past decades, it still lacks in basic health care. Many diseases such as polio,  tetanus, small pox, have been eradicated but some diseases are still increasing rapidly. HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), malaria, cancer, diabetes, diarrhoea, heart attacks and some endemic diseases are posing threat to the healthcare system that requires early detection and rapid medication and must be tackled with all seriousness.

According to statistics, death rates have declined but birth rates continue to be high in some of the states. Healthcare industry is over burdened by increasing population. India is continuously facing the epidemic of emerging infectious diseases as well as chronic degenerative diseases. A large segment of the population is economically deprived which results in poor access to health care. Most of the children are born underweight and their life ends before their fifth birthday. Poor sanitary facilities are also the main concern. Lack of availability of doctors (India has 48 doctors per 100,000 persons), poor infrastructure, increasing urbanization, lack of medication in emergency or accident, lack of funds, political interference and lack of leadership in the medical community are the major threats creating challenges in healthcare.

Delivery of qualitative and standard healthcare services should be considered as a basic need irrespective of age, caste, gender. Indian healthcare is facing substantial challenges in providing qualitative healthcare.

Fastest growing population

Changing disease profile and reemerging disease

Multilayered healthcare system

Lack of absence of infrastructure

Inaccessibility of healthcare services

Rural versus urban divide

Political interferences

Fastest Growing health issues-

Cardiac

Gastro

ENT

Obesity

Cancer

Diabetes