The most common perception of public health in India
is that it is a continuing disaster that still hasn’t touched bottom. Even poor
people prefer private care though the cost can be ruinous. The patient outcomes
for serious illnesses are not much better either, but private healthcare
flourishes as state-run facilities are considered death traps.
Despite all the suspicions, often well grounded, about
public healthcare, India’s immunisation programmes have all been spectacularly
succe