India, with over 140-crore population, faces serious challenges in providing accessible and affordable healthcare to her villages. Despite the country's economic growth, its hinterland, home to over 70 percent of the country's population, is burdened by healthcare issues such as lack of diagnostic infrastructure, unavailability of affordable care, and shortage of healthcare professionals.
The scarcity of pathology laboratories and testing facilities, coupled with a lack of qualified pathologists, technicians, and biochemists, has resulted in a gap in diagnostic services in rural India. The outdated and inefficient technologies further exacerbate this gap, impacting treatment outcomes.
Pranav Bajaj, Co-Founder, Medulance, says, "Rural areas frequently lack well-equipped hospitals and clinics. This means deficiencies in crucial equipment like advanced life support machinery, trauma care facilities, and diagnostic tools."
In many regions, explains Bajaj, the nearest multi-specialty hospital is often 100+ kilometers away, making timely medical intervention difficult. "The situation is worsened by the rough roads that ambulances find difficult to navigate, delaying critical response during emergencies."
Deficient rural transportation is another serious issue. Siddarth Daga, MD, VINS Bioproducts, cites an example: "In rural areas, deficient transportation infrastructure impedes patients' swift access to healthcare facilities following snakebites. Such delays can extend exposure to venom toxins and obstruct prompt administration of anti-venom therapy, thereby jeopardizing patient outcomes."
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