
India has
a population of 1 billion plus and more than 70% of its citizens still reside
in villages. In numbers this will be around 700 Million or more and what is
striking, is the dismal state of healthcare facilities for a majority of this
population. There is a huge supply gap in the health care delivery system be
shortage of hospitals
, doctors, nurses and associated
medical infrastructure. According to the Planning Commission,
India is short of 600,000 doctors, 1 million nurses and for every 10,000
Indians, there is barely one doctor available. More interestingly the majority
of the available healthcare facilities are concentrated in urban areas only.
The problem is quite acute and a silver lining...