On 07-Jul-11, at 8:12 PM, ss wrote:
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That is the most laughable bullshit being foisted on Indians. You
train a guy
to do high tech medicine and ask him to treat people in a primary
health
center where te budget is Rs 50 per patient per year (or some such
silly
figure) it's not going to happen.
Isn't this happening in western countries too? There is a serious
shortage of GPs in most western countries (particularly in rural
areas, just like India) and it is getting worse for the same reason -
medical education is pricing itself out of all sane limits, leading to
doctors looking for the big money in highly specialized care in fancy
hospitals.
In the west this means either ridiculously long waits to see a GP, or
first level diagnosis from overworked nurses or pharmacists with far
less training. That's leading to a shortage of nurses and pharmacists
too. It seems to me like the same story playing out everywhere.
-Taj.
