Health Law in India: India's Health Care System

The health care system in India vehemently displays a promising future. However, there are certain existing practices and procedures that are not exactly exemplary. Experts have already suggested countless techniques to "fix the health care system in India" and until this day, the government has been successful in implementing only a few among them. One must realize that the system is constantly evolving and there was a time when the average life expectancy of an Indian did not cross the 35-year barrier. According to the recent survey results, the Indian health care system has been fine-tuned greatly.

Sanitation used to be and is still a major problem in India. All across the country you will find open junk yards filled with some of the most vexing pathogens known to humankind. The country boasts of a proper and working sewage system - but only in certain states. As mentioned earlier, improved sanitation and advancement in the niche of medical studies have improved the situation to an extent. The number of hospitals in this country has doubled in the previous years. There is an increase in the number of primary health centers, which distribute medicines free of cost for the needy. The successful eradication of polio and measles from the population is a testimony to the fact that the health care system is indeed functioning as intended.

Probing the niche of India's health care system gives us access to various interesting findings, just like in the health care systems of Malaysia and Singapore. The ones who drafted health care rules and regulations do not have the diligence to monitor the proper implementation of remedial strategies. Knowledge and enlightenment about the frail health care practices among the commoners have helped the country to overcome some of the major hindrances. They began to recognize the vantages that were in store for them and succeeded in utilizing them in an effective fashion. Notice that I had mentioned about "hindrances" in this section; now allow me to list the primordial factors that influence such aspects.

Once you begin comparing the health care system in the country with that of a developed nation, you will comprehend the missing link. It is nothing but the underinvestment on this sector. While the state and the central governments tend to focus on improving the living conditions of the citizens, only a sparse figure is allocated to enhance the quality of health care systems. Thus, anyone will notice the absence of the necessary infrastructure and the nonexistence of advanced medical research facilities in the country.

Corruption and absenteeism are other factors that play spoilsport to the Indian health care system. Unless the authorities are willing to conduct a comprehensive revamping of the health care system, we are looking at a domain that will collapse under its own weight! Formulating innovative solutions and reforms will never help, unless exercised in the appropriate manner. Indian doctors are migrating to other developed nations because of better payout. In short, India is simply exporting talent instead of consolidating it and using it for the betterment of the nation.