Modern Healthcare touching the lives
- Improved access to the healthcare to millions of people
- Telemedicine is bridging the gaps and conquering many frontiers including the rural hinterland of the country
- Start ups like Medi Angels.com help the patients to consult many international physicians at an affordable cost
- Tele Radiology helps a remotely locate doctor to have a look at the X ray and diagnose
- Companies such as HCG (Bangalore) follow system and processes which enable the dosage of cancer treatment X ray to be calibrated from a central place in Bangalore
- Focus on the prevention rather than cure
- People have started taking health seriously
- Gyms / Zumba Classes
- Spas
- Yoga Centres
- Eradication of diseases
- Lots of potentially life crippling disorders have now been eradicated by the spread of modern medicine
- Like Polio
- Small pox
- Increased Job opportunities
- By improving the access to the healthcare services to the rural areas, modern healthcare has created many job opportunities in the rural areas of the country
- Social Impact
- Many diseases earlier considered taboo are now finding acceptance within the society
- Like leprosy and Tuberculosis once considered to be an outcast, now they are being treated with compassion and care
- Economic Impact
- Modern healthcare has improved the productivity of an average Indian, there by aiding the economy of the country
However, the question is whether this is reaching those who are poor and in the rural areas.
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