THE BRIEF ANALYSIS OF RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM

Health

The proverb ‘Health is Wealth’ obviously relates to the wealth that a person can accumulate to his or her health. In other words, the phrase indicates that if one is healthy, there is a tremendous possibility if assimilating wealth through hard work and labor. The healthcare sector in India is booming in terms of revenue generation and employment creation. In India, healthcare is divided into two segments - public and private. The public healthcare segment is responsible for maintaining the primary health requirements in rural and urban areas and is funded by the government. The private healthcare segment in India is mainly focused in urban centres. Rural India contains over 68% of India's total population, and half of all residents of rural areas live below the poverty line, struggling for better and easy access to health care and services. In India, 75% of the healthcare infrastructure is concentrated in urban areas where only 27% of the total Indian population is living. The remaining 73% of the country’s population is lacking proper primary healthcare facilities. Private healthcare has been witnessing steady growth whereas there is a serious degradation in the quality or infrastructure in the public healthcare sector. The rural healthcare in India is characterised by under-staffed facilities with bad infrastructure and low availability of medicines. According to a KMPG report, “74% of Indian doctors are catering to the needs of the urban population.”

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