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The ravages of the second wave of the coronavirus are still fresh in our memories. In the early days of Covid-19, leading epidemiologists from across the world offered ominous projections about the pandemic’s course in the country, predicting unimaginable loss of life and economic collapse unl
THE Haryana Government’s new bond policy for MBBS students, promulgated in early November, has caused a commotion. Originally, it posited a bond amount of Rs 40 lakh, constituted in a tripartite arrangement involving the state, the student and the bank, and a compulsory government service peri
OUTPATIENT (ambulatory) care coverage has been a debatable topic in Indian healthcare for quite some time now. The three-tier ‘command and control’ system of government health centres and hospitals has failed in meeting the growing curative care needs and aspirations of the population.
THE launch of publicly financed health insurance schemes (PFHIS) marked a new epoch on the Indian healthcare landscape, punctuating the tradition of publicly provided healthcare. Just prior to Independence, the Bhore Committee report laid out a three-tier framework of public healthcare delivery that
RECENTLY, Maharashtra stipulated that MBBS students taking admission in government medical colleges or on government reservation seats in private colleges can no longer skip their one-year compulsory rural service bond. Hitherto, MBBS passouts could choose to pay Rs 10 lakh in return for being exemp