How the Indian State metamorphosed from protector of the poor to facilitator of the private health industry
If there is correlation between two incidents of the Central Government announcing cuts in the health budget and dengue patients being refused treatment in Delhi’s private hospitals, it is rarely discussed in the ongoing media debate on the subject. A new collection of researched essays edited by public health scholar Imrana Qadeer in the Social Development Report (SDR), a biennial publication venture by the Council for Social Development and Oxford University Press, has tried to find these critical linkages.
The essays, by some of the foremost scholars in the country — Utsa Patnaik, Deepak Nayyar, Rama V Baru, Usha Ramanathan, among others — give a perspective about why the poor lack access to healthcare, how India denies this basic right to its people despite being the hub of five-star hospitals and medical tourism, and whether the private sector is a panacea for India’s healthcare needs.................Read more
Source: Business Line
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