| The last decade has been witness to the
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| | in rural and urban areas. In the private
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| giant strides taken by the Indian
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| | sector, healthcare facilities are owned
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| healthcare scenario, towards
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| | and run by for-profit companies and
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| modernization and development- gone are
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| | non-profit or charitable organizations.
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| the days when those who could afford it
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| | In the earlier era, the high custom
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| had to travel abroad to get highly
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| | duties imposed by the government on
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| specialized services such as cardiac
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| | imported medical equipment was a big
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| surgery, while others had to do without
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| | deterrent to set up private hospitals
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| it.
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| | offering specialised medical care using
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| Today, patients from the developed
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| | state of the art equipment, usually
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| Western nations are coming to India to
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| | imported from abroad. As a result, there
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| receive specialized medical treatment.
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| | were very few privately run large
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| Not only is India meeting international
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| | hospitals but there were many small
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| standards, but at prices that compare
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| | private practitioners who provided
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| very favorably with developed countries.
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| | primary and secondary care.
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| In India, healthcare is delivered through
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| | The low level of medical insurance was
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| both the public healthcare system and the
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| | another major problem faced by the
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| private sector. The public healthcare
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| | private hospitals - not having insurance
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| system consists of healthcare facilities
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| | meant that the patients had to pay for
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| run by the central and state governments,
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| | the treatment from their own pockets and
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| which provide services free of cost or at
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| | not everyone could afford the high costs
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| subsidized rates to low-income families
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| | of private healthcare.
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