Technopak predicts worsening crisis in Indian health sector with poor hospital bed to population ratio, huge shortage of doctors

The present reality of hospital bed to population ratio at 0.5 is totally inadequate in a vast country like India. There is an additional requirement of 2.0 to 2.5 million hospital beds by 2020. The country also requires an additional 8 lakh to 1 million doctors and 1.8 to 2.0 million nurses besides a huge shortage of paramedics. Over 45 per cent of the population travels more than 100 kilometres to access higher level of medical care
Currently, India has 13.7 lakh hospital beds, but only 50 per cent which is about 650,000 are functional and relevant. The total health spending is estimated at 4.2 per cent of GDP which is way below the most of the developed countries. Over 80 per cent of healthcare spend is in the private sector; predominantly unorganised and fragmented
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