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Bachelor of Rural Health Care: Do we need another cadre of health practitioners for rural areas?
The National Health Policy (NIH), 2002 envisages that keeping in mind the availability and spread of allopathic graduates in their jurisdiction, state governments would consider the need for expanding the pool of medical practitioners to include a cadre of licentiates of medical practice, as also practitioners of Indian systems of …Shortage of doctors ails healthcare
Public healthcare is not in the pink; it is deteriorating. In fact, it has been on a serious "decline' during the last two to three decades. This fact was highlighted by a report of the high-level group on services sector by the Planning Commission, which was released on Wednesday. The …