Democratising access to world-class eye care
February 15,2023
Equitable distribution of healthcare and timely access to these services is important and democratization of healthcare is the need of the hour. The field of healthcare is growing ever more complex by the day. Advances in medical technology and increasing digitization are transforming diagnosis, treatment and the delivery of care at a rapid pace. The number of specialists trained in advanced medicine is also seeing a rise. However, the impact of these advances in medicine is urban-centric and visible in the big metros and urban areas and not in the small towns and rural parts of the country. Though rural India constitutes approximately 65% of the total population, it is home to only 33% of all health workers. Overall, around 80% of health infrastructure and resources are concentrated in urban areas where only 35% of the population lives. The urban-rural divide Over the decades, this led to a discrepancy in health resources between rural and urban India depriving the rural population of access to quality healthcare. When it comes to major illnesses, rural areas suffer from a lack of easy access to advanced treatment and diagnostic facilities. Equitable distribution of healthcare and timely access to these services is important and democratization of healthcare is the need of the hour
Santosh Rastogi