“दुनिया की फार्मेसी” कहलाने के बावजूद, भारत की जमीनी हकीकत काफी गंभीर है। Diabetes, High BP गुर्दे और गैस्ट्रिक समस्याओं जैसी आम पुरानी बीमारियों की दवाएँ लोगों की पहुँच से बाहर होती जा रही हैं। स्वास्थ्य सेवा खर्च का 90% तक हिस्सा दवाओं पर खर्च होता है, जिससे आउट-ऑफ-पॉकेट (OOP) खर्च भी बढ़ जाता है। स्थिति इतनी गंभीर है कि कई लोगों को इलाज का खर्च उठाने के लिए कर्ज तक लेना पड़ता है।
Life-saving drugs pass through multiple hands-suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers-each adding their cut. The price shoots up, but that’s not the worst part. Every extra layer in this chain increases the risk of fake or expired medicines slipping through.
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Have you ever wondered why people are so particular about the purity of their gold? They check for hallmarks, compare prices across jewelers, and ensure they are getting exactly what they pay for. But when it comes to medicines – something that impacts our health- we do not apply the same level of scrutiny.
When Laxman was injured during the battle against Ravana, Lord Rama was informed that the Sanjeevani herb from the Himalayas could cure him. Lord Hanuman could not find the herb, so after fighting off Kalanemi, who had been sent by Ravana, he famously brought the whole mountain. Had Ravana changed his strategy and planted a poisonous/do-nothing look-alike herb in a visible place, then Hanuman and Laxman would be no different from the millions of Indians today who purchase/consume fake/substandard/adulterated medication.
Ayushman Bharat, also known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), was launched in 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is the worlds largest health insurance scheme, aiming to provide a health cover of ₹5 lakhs per family annually.
In India, an estimated 5.2 million people die annually due to medical errors; luckily due to my grandmother’s vigilance, I did not join that statistic. This issue isn’t just limited to India, as a report from CNN Health, states that over 8 lakh people die in the United States every year due to misdiagnosis.
Remember the chilling Covid era? Locked away in our homes, afraid of infection and death. As the lockdown continued to extend with no end in sight, the case count rose daily, while news and broadcasting media showed the derailing of the health system around the world. The world was terrified, yet we eventually emerged from the
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Is your family health important to you? Imagine a scenario where your mother has been coughing for 3 to 4 days. You buy some medicine hoping it will cure the cough, but the next morning, they are unresponsive and cold to the touch. Before you reach the hospital, it is too late.
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