Indian healthcare is evolving in an unprecedented rate with digital technology, modern-day applications, and innovative practices that are driving delivery of healthcare services as never before. Though the technology as an enabler has proven its worth, it alone can’t execute things as skilled medical professionals are the one who leverages the modern-day tools to bridge the multifarious gaps pertaining to patient care.
On the scale of importance, a skilled workforce is being placed at top of the pyramid of the healthcare delivery system. But the sad part is India doesn’t have enough expert doctors, nurses, and technicians to sustain the dream to create an accessible, affordable and quality healthcare model to enable every strata of society to avail better medical care in India.
‘India has a little over one million modern medicine doctors to treat its 1.3 billion people. As per the data from the National health profile 2017 we have one government allopathic doctor for every 10,189 people, one govt hospital bed for every 2,046 people and one State hospital for every 90,343 people. In these kinds of situation one can easily predict the collapse of the healthcare system when patients are sharing beds and doctors are over worked,” believes Praveshh Gaur, Founder, and Director, Srauta Wellness.
Meena Ganesh, Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Portea Medical says, “The Indian healthcare sector is facing a crisis of qualified healthcare professionals, and the situation is worse in the rural areas. Although recent statistics indicate that there is an improvement in the doctor-to-patient ratio or the skilled-healthcare-workers ratio to population, there is still a lack of access to timely healthcare. This is one of the major factors hampering the critical goal of providing universal healthcare to everyone irrespective of where they are.”
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