What steps needed to be taken to Improve health infrastructure in India?
1. Public Health Services need to be decentralized
(Instead of having only few good hospitals in main cities, we should have good health infrastructure all over india, especially rural areas)
2. Better health infrastructure required
More hospitals and clinics needed to be opened to serve vast population of India especially in rural areas
3. Primary health Care need to be developed
This will help in treating symptoms in early stage and preventing serious disease
4. Better Health Education
Proper Education needed to be taken in maintaining health and hygiene and preventing various diseases
5. Use of information technology to Improve health
Information Technology (internet) can be used to spead information about various diseases and how to prevent ourselves from it
NCERT Questions
Question 17
Discuss the main drawbacks of our health care system.
View AnswerMain drawbacks of our health case system:
1 Concentration of Health Infrastructure
Good hospitals available only in large cities
2 Inadequate Health Infrastructure
To meet requirement of Large Population of India
3 Lack of Facilities in Primary Health Care
Symptoms not treated at early stage
4 Lack of Health Education
To maintain proper health and hygiene
5 Lack of Awareness
Of different diseases and how to prevent it
Question 21
How can we increase the effectiveness of health care programmes?
View AnswerThe effectiveness of health care programmes can be increased by following measures:
1 Public Health Services need to be decentralized
(Instead of having only few good hospitals in main cities, we should have good health infrastructure all over india, especially rural areas)
2 Better health infrastructure required
More hospitals and clinics needed to be opened to serve vast population of India especially in rural areas
3 Primary health Care need to be developed
This will help in treating symptons in early stage and preventing serious disease
4 Better Health Education
Proper Education needed to be taken in maintaining health and hygiene and preventing various diseases
5 Use of information technology to Improve health
Information Technology (internet) can be used to spead information about various diseases and how to prevent ourselves from it