The writer is professor, department of orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The views expressed are personal.
For ruling regime and Opposition, healthcare doesn’t seem to be an issue
It is important to analyse why something as important as the health of a nation remains undiscussed during elections here. Illiteracy, lack of awareness, lack of political will, and, poor electoral ethics are some of the reasons which come to mind.
As about 900 million voters prepare to elect their next government, the agenda for the Indian elections is supposedly decided. But there is an eerie silence on part of the political class and the general public around issues of health. In most elections in Western countries, the healthcare policies of a political party are an important agenda. During the May 2015 general elections in the UK, the prestigious medical journal, Lancet, called the UK’s National Health Services (NHS) a “political hot potato” for parties in that country. Unfortunately, in India, despite a dismal healthcare setup, health still does not figure in the imagination of the rulers or the ruled.
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