Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
3. The Indian healthcare system needs to go through a radical overhauling, to become more sustainable as well as responsive. Examine (250 words)
Reference: Indian Express
Why This Question:
The article talks about the necessary reforms required in the health system that have been exposed by the Covid crisis.
Key Demand of the question:
Explain the radical overhauling that is required in the health care system of the country to ensure it becomes more sustainable and responsive.
Directive:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must look into the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the Answer:
Introduction
Discuss the current situation that has exposed the lacunae in the Indian health care system.
Body
One must remember that the question is not pertaining only to the pressures posed by the corona crisis on the healthcare system, and its about the loopholes in the system that have been prevalent over decades. Give suitable examples of the past that has repeatedly hinted at the lack of physical infrastructure, social infrastructure, doctors etc. List in detail the issues. Discuss suggestions to address these problems such as role of private sector, NGOs etc. role of the government.
Conclusion
Conclude with way forward.
