How we see Government and the Public health are being satisfied in our nation ?.
Akhil and Meghana, are classmates in a school in Bangalore. They are close friends, Meghana, comes from a well known family, while Akhil 's parents struggle to make ends meet. The rainy season had just ended and there was an outbreak of viral fever. Both fell ill at about the same time. When they were back in school, they talked about their illness.
Soon after Meghana, got fever, her father took her to a private hospital near their house. Meghan's father paid Rs. 100 at the registration counter. They were given a card and asked to wait. Very soon, the doctor saw her, and recommended a number of blood tests and a chest X-ray.
Later on They went to the respective counters and everything was easy and comfortable. Everyone was very polite and made them feel at home. When they came back to the doctor after the tests, he prescribed a medicine for the fever and asked them to visit again the following day with the test results.
The following day, the doctor went through the test went reports and said that everything was all right. He felt Meghana had a viral infection and there was no cause for worry. He prescribed Several
medicines. After that, she was feeling much better and was back at school.
Akhil also had fever and body ache. His father could not take time off his work and they went to the nearby Government Hospital only after two days. They hạd gone quite early that day, but already there was a long queue. Akhil was feeling very ill and could barely stand, but he had no choice. Finally, after waiting for almost three hours, they were able to see the doctor. After examining Akhil , the doctor said that they should get a blood test done. The blood test took another two hours.They were told to come the next day for the report. The same process of waiting was repeated. The doctor looked at the report and said that Akhil had a viral fever like many others in town. He prescribed some medicines for the fever and asked Akhil to take lot of fluids and rest. Akhil got well and attended the school. Meghana really felt sorry for Akhil he had to undergo So much hardship to seek treatment. She felt lucky to have gone to the modern private hospital where everything was smooth and easy. When Akhil asked her how much they had spent hospital charges and she said Rs. 5,500 for hospital charges and medicines. Akhil said, We spent only Rs 200.
In the above context what you understood, You must have understood that we can roughly divided the health care facilities into two categories one is Public health Services and another one is Private health services. As per our Constitution, we expect the Government to look after the basic needs of its people. Clean drinking, proper sanitation, minimum food, education and health facilities are required for all. No one should be excluded, nor should this inclusion be dependent on whether one is rich or poor.
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