This Thursday, the annual Economic Survey released a report stating that India is in need of over 6,800 additional hospitals especially in rural areas.
This will help to provide better basic health amenities as well as improve health infrastructure.
The survey further stated that “There is still a shortage of 4,477 primary healthcare centres and 2,337 community healthcare centres as per the 2001 population norms”.
The annual survey report presented in the Parliament states that “Almost 29 percent of the existing health infrastructure is in rented buildings.”
The survey states further, “Poor upkeep and maintenance, and high absenteeism of manpower in the rural areas are the main problems in the health delivery system.”
The “ratio of population to health centres remained low with the targeted number of new health centres not being established”.
Friday, February 26, 2010
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