India’s Healthcare System for Poor and Marginal Section of Society

Despite the significant growth of Indian Economy and health standard of the Indian citizens accessibility of the basic healthcare to majority of the people is a big challenge in developing country like India. The inequalities have been increased among the various sections of the society particularly in last two-three decades. The Indian state has been failed to distribute the benefits of the economy and health facilities equally. The three-fourth of the Indian population is still living in rural areas with about twenty percent of the health facilities. More than half of the children and women are suffering anemia, even 92% of the mother never heard the word malnutrition. Indian public healthcare system is able to treat only 40-45% of the In-patients and only 18% of the total out-patients. About 80% population is unable to get essential drugs for basic illness because public sector is unable to provide i.e. private sector becoming dominating, which is controlling about 80% of the health infrastructure and 85-87% of the total expenditure on health.