However, for serious ailments that require corrective surgery or hospitalization or for the terminally ill patient there is no real substitute for the allopathic system of medicine. However, one cannot ignore the fact that infant mortality rates are much higher in villages where there is no properly trained gynecologist available, especially when complications develop and a caesarean section is necessitated. It is a pity the government has still been unable to provide basic health care facilities for the rural poor. Disease, malnutrition, over-population and lack of primary education still continue to bedevil in our country, which has touched the billion mark already. Health is a primary need and concern of both the individual and the society he lives in.
Good health is basic to the well being of an individual.
That suggestion has been made several times now but seems to have fallen on the deaf ears of the powers that be. All Rights Reserved.