INTEGRATION OF HEALTH-TECH A MUST TO STRENGTHEN INDIA ’ S PRIMARY HEALTHCARE NETWORK
Healthcare coverage and India ’ s disease burden have been at a precarious level for a long time . The pandemic brought things under the scanner in an unprecedented manner , calling for a holistic review , and a considerable revamp of the
infrastructure . From the readiness to handle a healthcare onslaught like the pandemic to the number of doctors and facilities , it was an eyeopener in more ways than one .
There exist frameworks to adequately address the healthcare needs of
Indians . A three-tiered pyramid of sub-centers and primary and community health centres has been envisaged to cover the country . However , the actual numbers catered to by these healthcare facilities are much higher than expected , with the numbers being especially skewed in
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BioVoiceNews | October 2022