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Health infrastructure over the years
SC: Sub Centre, PHC: Primary Health Centre, CHC: Community Health Centre. Source: National Health Policy
1. What is the percentage increase in dispensaries and hospitals from 2010 to 2013?
2. What is the percentage increase in doctors and nursing personnel from 2010 to 2013?
3. Do you think the increase in the number of doctors and nurses is adequate for India? If not, why?
4. What other facilities would you like to provide in a hospital?
5. Discuss about the hospital you have visited.
1. Percentage increase in dispensaries and hospitals from 2010 to 2013 is
2. Percentage increase in doctors and nursing personnel from 2010 to 2013 is
3. No, the increase in the number of doctors and nurses are not adequate for India because the rate at which population has grown in the last half century easily outnumbers it. This number is important because a healthy ratio between the available medical facilities and the patients needs to be maintained. The numbers of medical professionals has failed to match the requirement because of the fact that education has not been able to be available to a major portion of the population.
4. Other facilities that I would like to provide in a hospital are as follows:
(I) X-ray machines (II) Ambulance (III) Advance equipments (IV) Mobile and health checkup van. (V) Ultrasound (VI) MRI (VII) Nutritive food (VIII) Awareness about family planning.
5. I have visited the government hospital nearby my residential area. Over there I found:
i. Long queues of patients because of the lack of doctors and shortage of nurses.
ii. Unavailability of requisite medicines for several basic ailments.
iii. Poor hygiene and improper disposal of medical waste.
iv. The power backup facility was not up to the mark.
Discuss this table in the classroom and answer the following questions:
Number of Institutions of Higher Education, Enrolment and Faculty
Year | Number of Colleges | Number of Universities | Students | Teachers | |
1950-51 1990-91 1998-99 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 | 750 7,346 11,089 33,023 37,204 40,760 | 30 177 238 523 628 711 | 2,63,000 49,25,000 74,17,000 186,70,050 223,02,938 265,85,437 | 24,000 2,72,000 3,42,000 8,16,966 9,25,396 12,61,350 | |
Source: UGC Annual Report 1996-97 and 1998-99 and Selected Educational Statistics, Ministry of HRD.
1. Is the increase in number of colleges adequate to admit the increasing number of students?
2. Do you think we should have more number of universities?
3. What is the increase noticed among the teachers in the year 1998-99?
4. What is your idea about future colleges and universities?