Very comprehensive write up by @ranjanikanth_ and @iffathfathima6z The government needs to get its priorities sorted. Rural Karnataka needs plenty of attention
https://twitter.com/ranjanikanth_/status/1338325966435729408
“Policymaking in healthcare is centralised around big hospitals in cities. Because of this, villagers have to travel to big cities. They spend from their own pocket and if their cases are complicated, their treatment is often left out of free health care government schemes. ”
"We need a three-tier system, starting with a self-sufficient Primary Health Centre and trained doctors in rural areas. Public healthcare system has to be seamless right from the adolescent girl getting pregnant till the baby is five years old."
“If adolescent girls are getting pregnant frequently, it will lead to the child being small for date, premature, also baby’s death. If mother is anaemic, has complications during labour, did not get adequate antenatal, perinatal,postnatal care, it will lead to infant mortality,”
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