4. THE INDIANHEALTHCARE SYSTEM
•Indiais the fourth-largest producer of medicines in the world, but Indiaalsohas one of the largest populations
in the world, and a lot of resourcesand planning are needed to provide all Indians withgood healthcare
services.
•Manypeople eventodaydon't get enoughclean water to drink, clean toilets andneighbourhoodsto stop the
spread of diseases, and nutritiousfood.
•In order to prevent and treat illnesses, we need proper healthcare facilitiessuchas healthcentres, hospitals,
laboratories for testing, ambulance services, blood banks, etc.
•Indiahas a lot of knowledge andexperience in the field of healthcare,and its public (runby the government)
healthcare systemlooks after manypeople across India.
5. PUBLICHEALTHCARE
•The public healthcare systemis a networkof clinics and hospitals run by the government in bothrural andurban areas. Its
healthworkers (nurses) are trained underthe supervision of the doctorsat the primaryhealthcentres.
•It is calleda public systembecause it hasto provide healthcare to all of the nation's citizens, and also because the public
healthcentres get their funds fromthe taxes paidby the generalpublic.
•Anotherimportant functionof public healthcare is to prevent the spread of diseases suchas tuberculosis, malaria, etc. This
can be done onlywhen the government and the people of the countrywork together towards beinghealthy.
6. PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
•As the name suggests, the private healthcare system is not
owned by the government, and India has many private
healthcare facilities such as clinics, hospitals, laboratories,
colleges, etc.
•Many doctors practise in their own private clinics, and
many also provide specialised treatments. In fact, there
are now many large companies that run networks of
hospitals or manufacture and sell medicines on a large
scale.
