Question
Which of the following statements is definitely FALSE according to the passage?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. The tragic story of several people having been allegedly infected with HIV by a fake medical practitioner using one unsterilized syringe in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao is plausible , even believable, and highlights the massive lacunae in the public healthcare system, especially in rural India. Data from the National Health Profile 2017 shows that India has a little over one million (allopathy) doctors to treat its population of 1.3 billion people. Of these, only around 10% work in the public health sector. To put it in perspective, this means that there is one government allopathic doctor for every 10,189 people, one government hospital bed for every 2,046 people and one state-run hospital for every 90,343 people. To make matters worse, a 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) report on India’s healthcare workforce found that only one in five doctors in rural India is qualified to practice medicine. The report pointed out that 31.4% of those calling themselves allopathic doctors were educated only up to Class 12 and 57.3% doctors did not have any medical qualification. In such a scenario, it is hardly surprising that people who cannot afford private healthcare (if at all it is available), end up falling prey to either quacks or tricksters . The lack of doctors, coupled with a glaring lack of regulation, leaves millions of people with little or no option when it comes to healthcare. A new bill seeking to replace the Medical Council of India with a National Medical Commission contains a proposal to provide cross learning pathways between allopathy and traditional medicine and non-allopathic modes of healing. Perhaps this could ease the burden on allopathic doctors and provide better care to those in need. Over the past two decades, successive governments have promised to raise India’s public health expenditure to 2.5% of the GDP, yet the current spend hovers at 1.4%. No lessons appear to have been learned from the Gorakhpur tragedy of August 2017 in which several children died of a lack of oxygen, because a hospital had failed to pay its dues to a supplier. The public health crisis that India currently faces can only be solved by strong political will and far greater investment in primary healthcare. Until then, stories like that horror in Unnao will be the norm rather than the exception.
More Reading Comprehension Questions
- What is the tone of the passage?
- Which of the following is true about the role of renewable energy in reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to the passage? i. Renewa...
- In the context of the passage, which of the following statements mentioned below holds true with respect to ‘Sustainable development’ (A) Local communitie...
- What according to you should be the theme of the passage?
- Find the word from the given options which has its meaning most similar to the phrase spruce up as used in the passage.
- What does accumulation of a huge amount in compensatory funds points to?
- What is the tone of the passage according to you?
- Which of the following is/are the primary cause of concern for the writer in this passage? (A) The writer is primarily concerned about the increasing leve...
- Which one of the statements stands definitely true according to the passage?
- Who was Iswaran?
Relevant for Exams:
- IBPS CLERK
- SSC CGL
- IBPS SO
- NABARD GRADE A
- NIACL Assistant Recruitment
- SSC GD Constable Exam
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Recruitment
- SEBI Grade A
- SSC Stenographer
- FCI Assistant Grade 3
- NABARD Grade A Legal
- NABARD Grade A IT
- NABARD Grade A Rajbhasha
- NABARD Grade A Agriculture
- NABARD Grade A Finance
- ICAR
- IDBI Executive
- SEBI Grade A IT
- IBPS SO Agriculture Field officer
- IBPS SO IT
- NIACL Assistant
Hey! Ask a query
Please enter email id
The email must be a valid email address.
Please enter Mobile Number
Please enter valid Mobile Number
Please enter your Doubt
Think You're Ready for RBI Grade B?
RBI Grade B 2026 Phase 1 Memory Based Paper
- 200 Questions with Detailed Solutions
- Section-wise Coverage (GA, English, Quant & Reasoning)