{"id":54066,"date":"2019-11-15T13:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T07:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=54066"},"modified":"2019-11-15T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T07:38:43","slug":"answered-the-systematic-failure-to-address-the-needs-of-patients-contributes-to-a-higher-mortality-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-the-systematic-failure-to-address-the-needs-of-patients-contributes-to-a-higher-mortality-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cThe \u2018systematic failure\u2019 to address the needs of patients contributes to a higher mortality.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Discuss inadequacies in India\u2019s healthcare system leading to higher mortalities.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The nationwide violence against doctors, is invariably the result of systemic problems in the healthcare sector in the form of expensive and unaffordable treatment, poor infrastructure, overburdened doctors and poor doctor-patient ratio that adversely affects optimal attention to patients which in turn creates trust deficit in doctor patient relationship and paves the way for violence against doctors. The inefficiencies and systematic failure has not only led to poor healthcare and contributed to higher mortalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inadequacies in India\u2019s Healthcare\nSystem:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Ailing Public health sector: <\/strong>Meagre healthcare budget,\novercrowding, long waiting time and the need for multiple visits for\ninvestigations and consultations frustrate patients on a daily basis.<\/li>
  2. Paucity of Resources: <\/strong>Doctors work in extreme conditions\nranging from overcrowded out-patient departments, inadequate staff, medicines\nand infrastructure.<\/li>
  3. Expensive Private Medical\nEducation:<\/strong> increasingly high cost of medical education in the\nprivate sector is forcing many students in India to look for cheaper\ndestinations abroad. Expensive medical studies are responsible for dearth of\ndoctors in India as after acquiring studies from abroad they do not prefer to\npractice their profession in India because of the necessity to clear the exam\nconducted by the Medical Council of India.<\/li>
  4. Overburdened Doctors: <\/strong>Owing to disproportionate Doctor\nPatient ratio, limited number of doctors, nurses and medical staff have to\ncater to a large number of patients.<\/li>
  5. Doctor-Patient Ratio: <\/strong>Studies and Survey reveal that in\nIndia, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people (the World Health\nOrganisation recommends a ratio of 1:1,000) implying a deficit of 6,00,000\ndoctors.<\/li>
  6. Unaffordable Treatments:<\/strong> More than 17% of Indian\npopulation spends at least 10% of household budgets for health services.  Catastrophic healthcare related expenditure\npushes families into debt, more than 24% households in rural India and 18% of\nthe population in urban areas have met their healthcare expenses through some\nsort of borrowings. Competition Commission of India report on affordability\nstated that 50 to 65% of Indians did not have regular access to essential\nmedicines.<\/li>
  7. Doctor Patient Relation:<\/strong> The highlighting of errors by\ndoctors, medical staff, and hospitals, as well as corruption among doctors, has\nfurther eroded the trust patients have in the medical facilities.  Trust deficit between doctors and patients is\nalso gradually becoming a concern, with rising violence against doctors.<\/li>
  8. Ineffective Implementation of\nLaws:<\/strong> Inspite of having the laws that envisage imprisonment\nbesides recovery of compensation from perpetrators for loss or damage to\nMedical professionals and property, states are lacking in its effective\nimplementation. For example, West Bengal has also enacted a law for protection\nof doctors but due to its poor implementation it has failed to curb the ongoing\ndoctor-patient crisis.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Thus it is important to create conditions and remove systematic failures in order to prevent mortality especially among poor. It is also important, we should also address the underlying factors such as overcrowding, lack of resources, behaviour of frontline service providers and how they should handle cases sympathetically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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