Watch | The Wire Business Report: The Grim Realities of India's Public Health Delivery

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Uploaded: 2020-06-17T16:00:44+05:30
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Description: There is one government allopathic doctor for every 10,189 people, one government hospital bed for every 2,046 people and one state-run hospital for every 90,343 people.

There is one government allopathic doctor for every 10,189 people, one government hospital bed for every 2,046 people and one state-run hospital for every 90,343 people.

Mitali Mukherjee

There is one government allopathic doctor for every 10,189 people, one government hospital bed for every 2,046 people and one state-run hospital for every 90,343 people.

watch the wire business report the grim realities of india s public health delivery

India’s public hospitals have only 7,13,986 beds, including 35,699 in intensive care units and 17,850 ventilators, according to a recent study by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (India) and Princeton University. In 2017, data from the National Health Profile showed India has a little over one million allopathic doctors to treat a population of 1.3 billion people. Of these, only around 10% work in the public health sector. Broken up another way, there is one government allopathic doctor for every 10,189 people, one government hospital bed for every 2,046 people and one state-run hospital for every 90,343 people. How has the pandemic overwhelmed India's strained healthcare system, The Wire's Mitali Mukherjee explains.

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