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Healthcare’s grand reformation

I believe that India will become the first country in the world to dissociate healthcare from affluence. In our lifetime we will see millions of people, still perhaps living in slums with no running water or sanitation, but when they are unwell, they will have access to high-tech healthcare wi ....Read more

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Healthcare's Grand ReformationBy: Dr S Datta | Tuesday , 16 Jun '09 12:24:49 PM Reply | Forward While I agree with Dr Devi Shetty's views, an area crying out for reform is Medical education, without which his ideas are unlikely to succeed. We need mass produced basic doctors (and I'm not talking about un/ under qualified 'barefoot doctors'!)who can expertly save life and limb and treat the common disorders that account for 95% of human healthcare issues. Unfortunately, our current medical curriculum has not evolved to the requirements of our country's needs; we seem to be better equipped to produce hi-tech, 'academic'doctors suitable for the needs of the the more prosperous urban Indians and the Western world. While I don't deny the requirement of such doctors in our country, I feel that the mass produced 'basic doctor'is a greater necessity...

helthcare grandBy: keshav | Tuesday , 16 Jun '09 12:11:13 PM Reply | Forward sir, you very righly deffered the types of business our goverment. although healthcare sector is fragile in rural areas, i completely agrtee with yours view that indian can change these figures in next decade. only one thing our goverment lacks is the copycat coordination policies, when one state does a program succesfully , why cant others states apply it homeheartedly????

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