In India, instead of huge growth orientated policies adopted by the government, the health status of Indians, is still a cause of main concern, especially that of the rural population. About 75% of health infrastructure, medical man power and other health resources are concentrated in urban areas where 25% of the population live. Contagious, infectious and waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea, amoebiasis, typhoid, infectious hepatitis, worm infestations, measles, malaria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, respiratory infections, pneumonia and reproductive tract infections dominate the morbidity pattern, especially in rural areas.
Healthcare is the right of every individual but lack of quality infrastructure and non availability of basic medicines and medical facilities are major issues of concern. Majority of people lives in rural areas where the condition of medical facilities is poor. Though a lot of policies and programs are being run by the Government but the success and effectiveness of these programs is questionable due to gaps in the implementation.
Problems faced by people in Rural India:
Rural Health is one of major elements of rural life. Rural India is two-thirds of the total nation's population. Rural areas have been infected with various contagious diseases like diarrhea, amoebiasis, typhoid, infectious hepatitis, worm infestations, measles, malaria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, respiratory infections, pneumonia and reproductive tract infections. Poor sanitary conditions of households bother expansion of these diseases which show poor impact on health. People in rural areas face some different health issues than people who live in towns and cities. In an emergency People in rural area might not be able to get to a hospital quickly and also unable to get routine check ups and screenings. Even number of Primary health care centers are limited and also doctors are not be available at all. Rural people in India in general are believe in own practices regarding health. They therefore seek remedies through magicoreligious practices. The basic nature of rural health problems is attributed also to lack of health literature and health consciousness, poor maternal and child health services. Largest number of maternity deaths are in rural areas where maternal health care is poor.
How Healthcare services to be improved?
To control the spread of life threatening diseases and reduce the growing rates of mortality due to lack of adequate health facilities, special attention needs to be given to the health care in rural areas. Various organizations are playing major role for improvements in health care and technology. Information and communications Technology provides hosts of solutions to facilitate these changes. Governmental policies and market forces can motivate healthcare systems to make clinical, organizational, workforce, and financing decisions that improve delivery of accessible, high-quality, efficient, and equitable care.
Mobile technology is growing source in developing countries. Simple education and discussion programs are best practices of awareness in healthcare and sanitation. Peoples can share their problems by open mobile platform. Due to lack of facilities in rural area, doctors refuse to move to rural areas. That’s the reason the medicine shops cannot come up in these locations. Medical students have an obligation to serve at least two years at a Primary Health Centre when they pass out with the MBBS degree. To handle such type of problems, both the Central and state governments are forced to find a solution to overcome this problem of non availability of medical assistance to rural population. The Union government is already considering the matter seriously. The government has to find a solution for non availability of medical assistance in the vast rural areas of the country.
Rural Health care is one of biggest challenges facing the Health Ministry of India. The coordination between primary and tertiary level institutions needs to be strengthened for overcoming present challenges. But there is still hope but the government needs to work harder. It needs to implement a clearly defined policy with a set of guidelines that will aid in ensuring the sustainability of rural healthcare plans. This will help in attracting private investment in the rural healthcare segment including tele-medicine services, remote diagnostics, and operation of other rural health services. Above all, rural healthcare needs to be declared as a “priority” growth area by both central government and the state governments.
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