Private sector could help in bridging between Private and UHC

Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do can private sector could help in bridging the gap? 

             Public  health system is not alone to providing universal health coverage without private sector.  Private sectors have that capacity with qualities to uplift the health sectors which help to coverage in Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal which have to achieve by 2030. Possibilities have in private sector which can help to make bridging between Public health system, UHC with private health sectors.

             But in reality we can see where in India spend only 2.5% of GDP in health sectors. WHO report says that rural doctors in India are not qualified and lagging in treatment skills. More than half of them don’t have any medical qualification, and in rural areas, just 18.8 per cent of allopathic doctors are qualified. India also still needs more heath sector staff and well trained doctors, need of more 7.5 lacs doctors. For example in Assam itself 2,100 doctors post vacancy empty and 60% has not enough to access medicine and other facilities in Govt. hospitals.

Recently Karnataka Govt. bring Karnataka private medical establishment (amendment ) bill 2017 to fulfil UHC goal. As the same way some provision should nationalize for India health sectors. Some of provisions and suggestion are following bellow -

1.     Fixed rate for each class of treatment.

2.     Provide grievance redressal system.

3.     Put a stop to the practice of demanding advance payment in case of emergency treatment.

4.     Releasing dead bodies to relative.

5.     Laying down standards in private hospitals.

6.     Mandating transparency.

7.     Binding charter.

8.     Prescribe generic medicine.

9.     Target to focus to work in rural areas.

10.  Health cam organized.

11.  Courses and training should affordable to medical student.

12.   Private and public health should work together by taking various initiatives for achieve UHC goal.

13. Quantity and quality medicine prescribe which can easily accessible to all.

14. Behavioural changes with patients.

15. Proper training on doctors and nurse stuff.

                   Whenever, in public sectors also are doing well. For example The NHM are trying to appoint doctors in rural areas with affordable medicine. The Govt. started  Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Arogya  Yojana which makes treatment cheaper to BPL and APL families. Despite of that government also should focus on fulfil the vacancies of medical sectors, awareness on health and hygiene, proper review, priority basis intervention,  focus on primary health sectors specially. These would help in bridging the gap between public, private and UHC goal.