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With estimates attributing 50 to 80 per cent of the bilateral blindness cases in India to cataract, this must be treated as a matter of utmost and even exigent concern. Cataract: the biggest cause of blindness in India | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: In a country which has the unenviable record of having the largest number of blind people in the world, Cataract has often been cited as being most responsible for this life-crippling ocular condition. With estimates attributing 50 to 80 per cent of the bilateral blindness cases in India to cataract, this must be treated as a matter of utmost and even exigent concern. In fact, cataract is also said to be the biggest cause behind what is called avoidable blindness. Globally too, cataract is the single most important cause of blindness and the second most common cause of moderate and severe vision impairment (MSVI).
Parliamentary panel’s call for a new health law post-COVID-19 is a kernel for reform
The report of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs calling for a comprehensive Public Health Act, as a response to the extreme stresses caused by COVID-19, is a welcome call to reform a fragmented health system. When the pandemic arrived, National Health Profile 2019 data showed that there were an estimated 0.55 government hospital beds for 1,000 people. Prolonged underinvestment in public health infrastructure thus left millions seeking help from a highly commercialised private sector with little regulatory oversight; the situation was even worse in rural areas, where care facilities are weaker, and urban workers fled to their villages, afraid of the cost of falling sick in cities. Acknowledging these distortions, and the inadequacy of existing legal frameworks, the panel has called for an omnibus law that will curb profiteering during such crises and provide robust cashless healt
Universal health coverage
The COVID-19 pandemic is a harsh reminder for the global community to reflect on the importance of the universal health coverage in effectively responding to health emergencies to protect lives and livelihoods.
| 12 Dec 2020 4:38 AM GMT
The COVID-19 pandemic is a harsh reminder for the global community to reflect on the importance of the universal health coverage in effectively responding to health emergencies to protect lives and livelihoods. The pandemic situation exposed the lack of preparedness of India and its states to deal with the crisis. Poor access of the vast majority of the population to even basic healthcare facilities compounded the accumulated shortcomings. Assam recording 1,000 deaths due to COVID-19 infection and almost double the number of patients dying due to complications arising post-COVID-19 recovery has many lessons to learn. The state still having over 3,500 COVID-19 active cases and adding about 150 cases daily is also an i
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