Aditya SrivastavaAIR 1 · CSE 2023 · 297 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a constitutional or legal provision
The Bandhua Mukti Morcha Case called for health as a right to all and brought the legislative domain of healthcare to fore. However, just legislation isnt enough due to various shortfalls.
Body · points
Inadequate personnel/beds- | Personnel | 1 doctor per 1445 people | 1/1000 (WHO) | | Beds | 0.7 beds per 1000 people | 3.4/1000 (WHO) | | | Actual | Recommended |
Lack of enough capacity of generic medicine → only 47% demand met.
Overburdened primary worker - works 15km radius against 5km by Bajaj Committee
Lack of adequate funding - only 2% in Budget 2023 of GDP
High out of pocket expenditure → 1/6th of poverty due to this (WHO)
All this calls for plugging the -
→ Social gaps
- Reduce stigma in healthcare especially mental healthcare. → Live Love Laugh campaign.
- Reduce social discriminations to healthcare access → build social infrastructure
- Provide for [mobile vans] as by SCARF initiative for accessible & affordable health.
→ Financial gaps
- Channelize CSR funds for PPP based healthcare.
- Adopt Best practice :- ⊙ Mohalla clinics of Delhi ⊙ Barefoot doctor of China → for cheap healthcare at primary level.
- Insurance coverage to "missing middle" - by [NITI Aayog]
→ Infrastructure gaps
- separate budget for social capital expenditure at least 10% of total
- Use of [Telemedicine] for mobile clinics - use [echo clinic] concept.
- Increase number of beds by leasing private beds by tax incentives.
This would help to uphold the [SDG-3] of health for all & additionally need -
- [Legislation] → to create bounded accountability of government → bring in necessary systemic overhaul → uphold health as a right (Article 21)
Close · a framework
This would uphold healthy India becomes the demographic dividend for our [Panch-prann]