Covid-19 And Restructuring Of Healthcare Infrastructure

India’s inadequate health infrastructure, a stringent response had to be undertaken to contain the virus.

• With the spotlight currently on India’s indigenous innovative capabilities in the fight against COVID-19, the time has come to boost India’s healthcare infrastructure and push for greater technology deepening in the healthcare sector.

Current Status of Health Care Infrastructure

• As per a recent study based on data from the National Health Profile-2019, the total number of hospital beds in the country was 7,13,986 — which translates to 0.55
• beds per 1,000 population. Furthermore, twelve states that account for 70 per cent of India’s 1.3 ....