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Accessible and affordable healthcare must: Mandaviya

'Centre aims to cut treatment cost, have more doctors'

The Union government will work holistically in the health sector with synergy between preventive health care and modern medical facilities, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday.

Besides reducing the cost of treatment of the poor. efforts were on to rapidly increase the number of doctors. Mr. Mandaviya said while inaugurating a multispecialty outpatient and inpatient block (IPD) at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) and associated hospital here.

Holistic healthcare

The new IPD block will increase the bed strength of the LHMC from 877 to more than 1.000 beds. The IPD block houses an additional highly sophisticated CT scanner. The new OPD Block has additional facilities for holistic healthcare, including all medical and surgical specialties. Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy and Homeopathy.

Mr. Mandaviya stated that the states played a very crucial role in the implementation of any programme made by the Centre.

Nation comes first

"Making health accessible, affordable and patient friendly is very important. Our effort need to be in the direction of advancement of the nation: the nation should always come first" be noted.

Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of state for health, said, it was important to note that better health facilities were not limited only to the treatment of diseases. They also encouraged and promoted social justice. "When the poor get affordable and quality treatment, their faith in the system gets stronger", she said.

Multispecialty hospitals are included in the following tier of the health care system in India.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

India’s health infrastructure and health care is made up of a three-tier system —primary, secondary and tertiary.

Multispeciality hospitals are included in the 3rd tier i.e. "Tertiary". All those hospitals which have advanced level equipment and medicines and undertake all the complicated health problems, which could not be managed by primary and secondary hospitals, come under the tertiary sector. The tertiary sector also includes many premier institutes which not only impart quality medical education and conduct research but also provide specialised health care. Some of them are — All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi; Post Graduate Institute, Chandigarh; Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research etc. Multispeciality hospitals are hospitals that offer a wide range of medical services. These hospitals have the capability to treat many different types of illnesses and conditions. The doctors in these hospitals are specialists in their field.