Healthcare is for the rich in india. Poor do not have any healthcare support except standing in log queues in govt hospitals. Private nursing homes are out of bound of the common man in india. India needs a comprehensive healthcare policy - how to fund healthcare, develop capacity in the system, and ensure unethical things do not happen.

Every indian is being issued with Aadhar card - great tool to automate the patient centered care. The emphasis has to be for healthcare professional to teach the patient to live healthy, eat healthy to avoid health problems. This requires diagnosis, advise and provide treatment that can solve the immediate and long term health problem. I see Digital playing a big role where there is a digital health book available for each individual. This will remove unethical practices in healthcare.

I am a specialist in Microbiology and Infection Prevention & Control. I can help create national guidelines in treatment of infections, national guidelines for investigation of various infectious diseases, guidelines for infection prevention and control & developing a management structure for at national and local levels for implementing these. There also needs to be monitoring agencies and accountability for healthcare professionals to prevent alarming spread of multi-drug resistant infections.

Ajay Jha, Its a good idea. Doesn't need big investment, and results can be lasting. A separate daily mid day schedule tailored for women will work dividends. Men & children can have a evening session. The harmful effects of tobacco gutka & liquor can be filtered into the households thru women. Periodic counselling sessions can also help the mental health.

I live in the US and am actually feel that medical care is more abundantly available in India. Sure, facilities here are sophisticated but I am still afraid of getting sick here considering the extreme expenses. Sure Indian medical communities need more of a system but it needs an indigenous solution than looking at (atleast) US. May be NRI's in developing countries have seen efficient systems.

Here are a few suggestions as provided by my father

Here are a few suggestions as provided by my father.

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One of the challenge to improve healthcare is availability of good doctors in far flung areas. One/Two years of compulsory service in a village can be made mandatory for doctors graduating from government colleges. It is similar to working for Army after graduating from AFMC. Government subsidises the fees in medical colleges, so can expect a return.

I have made a few suggestions about improvement in health care along with other features. I am sure that many of them can be implemented in India.