India ranks lower than neighbouring Bangladesh and even sub-Saharan Sudan and Equatorial Guinea on healthcare access, and it spends 1.4 per cent of its GDP on health, the least among BRICS nations
Goa performs best, Assam worst within India
'Govt must frame rules to contain the rates charged by hospitals to make them affordable'
"We must all focus more on the service. The medical service in India is the need of the hour," he said
The Niti Aayog's proposal to strengthen secondary and tertiary health care services through public-private partnerships, keeping the under-served primary segment out of its ambit, will be counter-prod
The major preventable cancer is cervical cancer, but its incidence is high in India due to lack of screening, poor hygiene and sanitary practices, he said