Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Who says it is crappy healthcare in small towns.


Either we as Indians have no actual knowledge of the affairs of the state or we just love to bitch about things. What else can explain our constant unhappiness with the way our people, our politicians and our political leaders conduct their affairs. Is it because we don’t see any thing good that is going on or is it because we are unable to recognize a good thing when it happens? Everyday we are regaled with stories of the wrong doings of doctors, engineers and administrators but we never give them any credit when some good work is also done. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5hOhaiahU
The papers are full of horror stories of doctors leaving their scalpels in somebody’s belly or wads of cotton up someone’s ass. What about the truly horror stories of even ward boys performing operations on hapless patients? If you read them you will prefer to take your chances by cutting yourself open by yourself at home. At least it will be cleaner say the cynics.
But the truth is that, there is a silent revolution taking place in rural India. Take a look at the Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in the district towns. They have transformed the state of health care in many a town. Thanks to Government hospitals, sick people in rural areas do not need to make the long and dangerous trip to a city hospital. Help is at hand in their own towns and villages.
I know of many doctors who have closed their infirmary and clinics in small towns because Govt Hospitals are doing a better job. Take treatment for pulmonary deceases, that was a major killer in the past. Nobody dies of TB any more. It’s all thanks to the Government Heath department. Doctor’s who were once reluctant to join rural hospitals are nowadays quite open to serving a term in small towns as the Govt hospitals are well equipped and just as importantly, well staffed too.
Thanks to this I know of a bunch of city folks who have sold their house in Chennai for a sizable amount and moved to Chingalpet located about fifty miles out of the city. In the old days moving to Chingalpet from Chennai was the equivalent of committing suicide. Now these people after building a comfortable house in Chingalpet have invested the rest in simple bank deposits and are living a comfortable and stress free life.
Dr. Raj B. Singh is one such doctor who closed his clinic near Kancheepuram because he found that the local Government Hospital has made his clinic redundant.  Will we see an increased flow of retired folk into small towns from the big cities? Watch his interview on RUMBLE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5hOhaiahU

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