“Access to proper medical facilities is a Fundamental Human Right”
Healthcare is a fundamental right but lack of quality infrastructure, qualified medical personnel and basic medicines and medical facilities obstructs its reach to 60% of India population.
“Lack of Medical facilities in rural areas is a new Killer”
Rural Health care is one of biggest challenges being faced by the Health Ministry of India. Owing to more than 70 percent of the population living in rural areas and the scarcity of healthcare facilities, mortality rates due to diseases are on a high. Government has generated infrastructures in urban areas but the same is not true for rural areas with the same efficiency.
‘Poor Quality Healthcare’ has been identified as a new killer by Global experts and might be termed an epidemic.
With a majority of 700 million people lives in rural areas, the number of Primary health Care Centers (PHCs) in rural India is still very limited. Another heart-rendering fact is that India also accounts for the largest number of maternity deaths. The majority of these are in rural areas due to poor maternal health care.
“Around 1.6 million people die due to inadequate healthcare every year in India.”
In spite of the improvements in medical facilities over the years, the benefits have largely been limited to the urban areas.
“Poor quality of healthcare manifests a large proportion of deaths in India.”
75% of the healthcare infrastructure in India is confined to urban areas. Though, urban areas house only 27% of the total Indian population. The remaining 73% of the country’s population is rural that lack proper primary healthcare facilities.
“2.4 million Indians die of treatable conditions every year.”
There is one doctor for every 10,000 and one state run hospital for every 90,000 rural people.
“1.6 million Indians died due to poor quality of care every year.”
There still are remote rural areas in the hills of Uttarakhand, with little or no access to health care facilities. This situation got further aggravated with the spread of the coronavirus. The lack adequate infrastructure is the biggest concern for the rural healthcare system. The present healthcare centres in rural areas are often under-financed, use poor quality equipment, are low short on medicine supplies and qualified and dedicated staff.
Medicines are often not readily available in rural areas and the supply of basic medicine is irregular. An initiative has been taken by us for the welfare of these people living in the roots of the Himalayas.
Timli Health Care Centre
A Health Care Centre was established by ‘Maangal Charitable Trust’ in ‘Timli’ village for better availability of medical services to the villagers. The Centre was set up in 2020 during the ongoing corona pandemic to provide them with medical support to cope with this crisis. The purpose of the Centre was also to spread awareness amongst the villagers with regards to health and holistic well-being and organize regular health camps to provide them the required medical assistance.
