For the purpose of planning, the Health sector has been divided into the following sub-factors:
1) Medical education, training and research
2) Medical care facilities including Hospitals, Dispensaries and Primary Health Centers
3) Control of communicable diseases,
4) Public Health Services
5) Family planning
6) Indigenous systems of medicine
7) Water supply and sanitation
The Health Plan is implemented at various levels e.g. Centre, State, District, Block and village for its effective implementation at the grass root level.
Levels of Health Care:
Health services are usually organized at three levels and each level is supported by a higher level to which the patient is referred. These levels are :
- Primary Health Care (Primary Health Centers and Sub Centers)
- Secondary Health Care (District Hospitals and Community Health Centers)
- Tertiary Health Care (Teaching hospitals and Institutions and other Apex Hospitals.)
The patients in rural areas, comprising 80% of the population, seems to have been neglected, particularly at the secondary and tertiary health care levels with a marked insufficiency at the primary level, inspite of the excellent programmes launched by:
- The Government of India,
- The State Governments
- The NGO’s
to help the population of India by providing medical facilities and expending huge amounts for treatment and to improve the quality of life.
In 1943, when the recommendations of Sir Joseph Bhore, was put forward, Medical Science was in its infancy and the required manpower was merely qualified with basic medical education (MBBS).
Today, Health Sciences have scaled greater heights. The diseases to be combated presently range over 2500 in numbers.
We require manpower to take care of every system or organ of the body. The manpower being Physicians and Surgeons with requisite clinical skills along with supporting paramedical personnel like Nurses, Physiotherapists and Technicians, along with the instruments, equipments and therapeutic facilities.
We require knowledgeable and qualified Health Workers to create an awareness of health for prevention of diseases. |
