Public Private Partnerships to heal Healthcare.

We all know that the healthcare system in India is creaking.  The situation is going to become progressively worse , because we cannot keep up with the demand for medical attention. Epidemics of infectious diseases such as dengue and malaria have become increasingly common, because of poor infrastructure. The rise in non-communicable diseases because of poor life style has created a double whammy, and we are reaching a breaking point.The government is supposed to provide healthcare services to citizens, but the problem is that the public sector doesn't trust the private sector. We know that there's a shortage of hospital beds, but still the government is hell-bent on passing rules and regulations which are forcing nursing home owners to shut down. That means the shortage of hospital beds is going to become much worse in the future.We've tried the PPP ( Public Private Partnerships) models, but these have been plagued by political problems.  They've not delivered the results which were promised , because of vested interests.This is a shame. We should use a blend of both private healthcare facilities along with public hospitals, by combining the strengths of both.  The public hospitals are great at providing cost effective care to seriously ill people. The private small nursing homes have the major advantage of being able to provide care locally , so that it's much more convenient for patients. We need to marry the best of both worlds, but we often end up extracti...
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