Friends: Two years back Hyderabad Chapter had invited me to speak on the image of private health care in India.Based on info shared in public space by specialists who had served private 5* health centers I had said that high paid medical specialists are required to subject patients to unwarranted medical procedures and tests and there was no accountability and when medical mishaps occur in such places, there is no transparent investigation.
I am recalling this today becasue this morning a close relative was rushed to one of the well known private medical facitlies in Bangalore as an emergency.The thoughts of the realtives and friends assempled or later informed about the news,the first cocern was not about whether the patient would get top quality care and would be treated back to health, but about was not about whether the patient would be subjected to unwarranted medical procedures and the consequential cost burden on the close realtives who would foot the bill.
This was a spontaneous reaction of almost everyone who visited the patient in the facility as well as those who spoke on phone.There was unviersal agreement that the patient should be moved out as soon as possible to a facility that treats patients with more transparency,
A World bank report on Public health care in India published about 4 years back estiamted that about 5% of India's population sinks below poverty level every year due to private health costs.as we all know the Government is putting in place polcies encouraging more and more privatisation of health care.A rand Corproations tudy of US health at one time estiamted that the nexus between Phama Industry,Health Insurance and medical profession was costing America upwards of $20 billion in avoidable medical procedures/tests/
What can our Group do to change the reality of this so that reality and perception match?
What are the memebrs experience in this filed?What have you heard from freinds and relatvies about private health care facilties?
Thanks for yr attention.S.
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