Healthcare Infrastructure in India

Winston S. Churchill once said “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have”. Countries like India, where every year many children die untimely due to lack of healthcare facilities, should realize that their assets are declining and they need immediate attention.

— Rishabh Srivastava

More than 150 children, mostly from poor rural families in Muzzafarpur, Bihar died recently from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). Bihar had witnessed a similar tragedy in 2014, yet, five years later, the ground realities have hardly changed due to departmental dysfunction and systemic failures. This compels us to revisit the status of health and ....