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Health Care Issues

August 10, 2020 by BureaucratONE Leave a Comment Last Updated August 10, 2020

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1 Introductions
2 Issues
3 Solutions

Introductions

  • India has just 0.6 doctors and 2.2 nurses per 1000 population against WHO recommendations 1 & 3 respectively, translating into 5 lakhs additional doctors and 20 lakh additional nurses.

Issues

  • 2/3rd doctors operate out of urban centers catering to 1/3rd population creating rural-urban access gap

Solutions

  • eSanjeevani & eSanjeevaniOPD can help in treating 50% more patients and 50% more doctor availability according to Tata Group Chairman Chandrasekaran.
  • Rural - Urban accessibility gap can also be bridged by digi-health.
    • Remote surgery, consultation and diagnosis can increase access to health care in remote location by best doctors operating out of cities.
  • Use of AI, Machine Learning and Big-data analysis of millions of scans can help machines diagnose better than a trained physician.
  • Digitization and cloud storage of health reports in Digi-Locker can be used for seamless sharing and diagnosis by multiple specialists doctors to zero down on diseases.
  • Linking health reports to Aadhar can help in formulating health policies by government.

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