It's sad on my part to say doctors themselves are responsible for the current state of affairs in health care. It's the willingness of few among us for slavery lead to the origin of healthcare industry managed by MBA's leading to the stinky culture that prevails in private sector. With each government adding fuel to fire damaged the public health care service (Kerala boasting of one digit IMR better than US and UK).
We can't regain the lost glory of health science, which was deeply rooted in trustworthiness, credibility, and accountability in the interpersonal relationship. To apply the Kantian law of universalisation the GDP allocation for healthcare in our budget must reach up to 7% from the meagre current allocation of 1.5-2%.To make it happen we should have a senior doctor who has vast experience in this field as finance minister or health minister in the centre which is a utopian…
