Despite huge demographic challenges in terms of large swathe of difficult terrain and tribal population, Jharkhand has come a long way serving the people of the State with quality and accessible care. The Government has leveraged Centre’s game-changer scheme Ayushman Bharat and various other initiatives through PPP mode to resuscitate healthcare infrastructure across the State, writes Mukul Kumar Mishra and Gopi Krishna Arora of Elets News Network (ENN).
With India facing a double whammy of communicable, and non-communicable diseases due to a number of reasons including sedentary lifestyle and changing food habits of people at large in cities, accessible and affordable care hold huge importance. In the light of huge demographic variations across India, technology and innovations play a pivotal role to boost healthcare delivery system especially in rural areas.
Understanding the needs and requirements pertaining to quality care, the Centre, Jharkhand Government and various other State Governments are leaving no stone unturned to improve patient care.
JHARKHAND RECORDED POSITIVE IMPROVEMENT IN VARIOUS HEALTH INDEX
As per 2018 Niti Aayog Health Index report, Jharkhand showed a positive improvement on various healthcare parameters. The State maintained a strong growth trend with an increase of 33 percent in the health index from 2014-15 to 2017-18. It recorded a progressive trend in 9 out of the 10 primary health outcomes along with a strong system of qualified healthcare professionals.
PM ROLLED OUT AYUSHMAN BHARAT IN RANCHI
The Central Government is resolutely working towards realising the dream to provide affordable care to people of last mile and various initiatives including the game-changer scheme Ayushman Bharat are proof of its intent for making honest endeavour in this direction. The Jharkhand Government is also trying to align itself with the Centre’s healthcare delivery bandwagon.
Last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the gamechanger scheme from the soil of the Jharkhand, which shows the strategic importance of the state which has registered a tremendous progress in all sectors including healthcare in last decade.
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