View: Free market is great but not when a patient ’s survival depends on it

Although government hospitals have redeemed themselves to some extent in this pandemic by taking on most of the burden of care, they are still hamstrung by the lack of investment in basic facilities and staff. In one government hospital in Hyderabad, for instance, nurses used cut tree branches to hang intravenous bottles because there weren ’t enough IV poles around.
Source: The Economic Times - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news