“Rural Health”
By: Karuna
Rural health care is one of the biggest challenges facing the Health Ministry of India. With more than seventy percent of our population living in rural areas and the low level of health facilities, mortality rates due to diseases are on a high. So, rural life is more of a myth.
Healthcare is the right of every individual but lack of quality infrastructure, dearth of qualified medical functionaries and non-accessibility to basic medicines and medical aid thwarts its reach to more than sixty percent of population that lives in rural India. Basic amenities like clean drinking water, a proper sewage and drainage system and the facility of toilets is still not available to our major rural population.
Several organisations are working along with the government and NGOs to improve the rural health system in India. People living in rural areas need to be made aware of the importance of cleanliness and sanitation. Regular health check camps should be set-up at primary health centres in rural areas. Health- Melas should be organised to spread health awareness among the masses.
Growth in national income is not enough by itself if its benefits do not manifest themselves in the form of better health facilities for all.