Healthcare

Food products may not spread Coronavirus. However, to minimise risk of getting infected with food/food packaging being exposed to this virus, food safety must be practiced.

Though its a fact that food does not support the growth of any virus as the viruses need a host (animal or human), one needs to be careful about the food handling people around.

We need to move out of the metro cities not only physically but also psychologically. Let us not remain the “Metro-centric” democracy even in the 21st century.

Both the issues of the violence against doctors and the poor management of the recent encephalitis outbreak are manifestations of the same deeply rooted systemic disease, i.e., the failure of our public health system.

If India plans to show its improved stance towards healthcare to global players, it will have to soon deal with issues such as -Mental Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Anti-Microbial Resistance and Climate Change- all cases of utmost concern both at global and national level.

Encephalitis is a life threatening disease causing acute inflammation of the brain.

A doctor shares his three decade ago's experience of a situation of Govt health centre and its state of dysfunction.