Healthcare Costs

Healthcare costs are forcing Indians into debt and distress sales

About 8%-9% of all Indian households were pushed below the poverty line due to healthcare costs, says expert.

Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com
· Mar 27, 2023 · 01:30 pm
After Covid-19, what can India learn from the universal healthcare systems of its neighbours?

There are lessons to be had from Nepal, Bangladesh and the Maldives about providing free access to medical treatment.

Swati Narayan
· May 06, 2022 · 09:00 am
Should public money be sought for expensive organ transplantation procedures?

Organ transplantation is highly inequitable but government should promote more low-cost interventions instead of high-cost surgeries.

J Amalorpavanathan
&
CE Karunakaran
· Jan 03, 2019 · 02:30 pm

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Pfizer has got a pneumonia vaccine patent. Will this hurt India’s immunisation programme?

The government is currently procuring the vaccine, which costs about Rs 11,400, with international financial aid.

Menaka Rao
· Aug 24, 2017 · 08:00 pm