India elections: Why is healthcare absent from the campaign trail? | BBC News

[Music] more than 600 days of protesting and still no change blocking traffic desperate to be heard even after the deadly pandemic the state of health care in this part of rural biad remains in [Music] shambles was so bad that people were dying like stray dogs there were no facilities private doctors had fled were told to take the patient home there was no Treatment available three years ago Co brought the world to its knees India’s Healthcare System was pushed Way Beyond capacity an unimaginable number of dead guses Park’s grief is only bearable when praying he blames himself su’s death she was my wife protecting her was my responsibility what can I say if a doctor saw her if she had oxygen she wouldn’t have died this is my trauma the feeling here is that no lessons were learned postco take a look at these empty Dusty beds this entire building was meant to be a trauma center but look the operating theater locked over here x-ray machine area also locked it has not been working as a Trauma Center since it was built in 2004 in fact right now it’s being used partly for primary healthare move from the north to India’s Southern States and not even Kerala with its Superior Health Care was spared the wrath of Co since the pandemic this Rural Community Health Center has made significant upgrades new isolation Ward lab and revamped Outpatient Clinic a noticeable difference in the level of care the facilities in the center are good but some antibiotics are usually unavailable and this needs to be sorted out the waiting times have come down drastically other facilities are also available the infrastructure has also improved such is the divide in India where parts of the country were able to rebuild While others could not we will keep all of this in mind when we are voting whichever political party works on this will get our vote the pandemic brought the dire state of healthc care into the spotlight and even after its devastating impacts Healthcare remains absent as a major issue on the campaign Trail Samir Hussein BBC News Bear

Three years ago, Covid ravaged India and brought it to its knees, yet health is not a major campaign issue for parties.

For voters who were affected – it is.

The BBC visited rural health clinics in two states – Bihar and Kerala – on opposite ends of the healthcare spectrum.

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38 comments

  7. Healthcare is a State Subject not a Central Subject So it is not an issue in National Election –
    along with Law and order, police, education, Land, water, electricity,

  8. Free healthcare for seniors and parents [w/ 2 kids or less] who’re middle-class or poor❤
    This should include:
    •surgeries
    •dental care
    •equipment (glasses, crutches, casts, back braces, teeth braces, etc)

  10. अगर हम अपना वोट पुलवामा शहीदों को समर्पित कर सकते हैं, तो हम अपना वोट अपने शहीद परिवार के सदस्यों को भी समर्पित कर सकते हैं, जो मोदी सरकार की खराब स्वास्थ्य सेवा प्रणाली के कारण मारे गए। इस बार हमारा वोट कोविड शहीदों के नाम पर होना चाहिए।
    #NoVoteToBJP #BJPhataoDeshBachao

  13. What a biased statement from BBC, I’m from Kerala. Government hospitals in Kerala got no medicine. State gone bankrupt, government employees are not paid. Pensions are not paid. Higher death % in Covid.
    Don’t believe this propaganda report. Shame on you BBC

  15. Its not, In Congress's Realistic manifesto its there but Facists BJP's Hollowistic manifesro its missing unless for those(1a + 1b)=? With 7D chasma on then there is one

  26. Health care under PM Arogya Yogna is becoming popular. 50 million people are benefitted with free medical treatment costing upto Rs 5 lakhs in last 5 years. In this election, BJP has proposed to cover all citizens above 70 years under free medical care scheme in addition to the benefits to other citizens under PM Arogya Yogna. Congress has offered Rs 25 lakh free treatment to all citizens.
    Number of medical colleges and medical seats have tripled in last 5 years. PG courses and number of seats have also multiplied. Nursing colleges have increased by 1100 in last 5 years
    There are other insurance schemes at annual premium of Rs 12 per annum and Rs 365 per annum for ecconomically poor families which are becoming very popular

  34. So is it political or not because the point raised is we will give vote to party that will work on these issues ? But when will they work ? Who are they ? Any political work that will work. I think I'm not politically aware of the chronology here

  36. BBC pay your taxes. Be a responsible media, u can't just keep earning from India and not pay your taxes. We allow you here, even though you mostly drive through your narratives and propagandas. Pay your taxes.

  37. Thanks for ur coverage on bikram bihar trama centre subject we're struggling since 20 years for the improvement.. No one care for these people it's disgusting

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