health schemes is by the state administrations. The individual states have tried to do their bit. The states such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and even Delhi have tried to build the better public healthcare infrastructure. But needless to say, we require much more.
There are existing traditional routes to reach out to rural population. The indigenous system needs to be integrated with the allopathy.
The technologies of course are expensive and the private healthcare providers spend a lot on getting them to India. Hence, they have to recover the costs to keep them running as there is no subsidy on this by the government. While are also not asking for any subsidy but the support to build the infrastructure from the government is rightly expected. The healthcare industry is different from other sectors.
Unfortunately, it is the Indian elite section that tends to oppose the natural system of medicine. What does such opposition exist in first place?
Opposition is at the technical level. Need to give a direction to this as we can’ t ignore the fact that huge chuck on Indian population has been using the traditional form of healing on a regular basis.
I am not saying that the natural medicine practitioners could do surgery but they can play a role in spreading the word around if involved. Rather than ignoring or sidelining, it is best to utilize their vast network.
What are your expectations from the government?
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