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Health Care in Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan has struggled in shaping its health care sector ever since its birth. We are still uncertain as to how we should go about providing health care to our common people. During the past, different steps have been taken in the forms of generic medications, RHCs and BHUs, and building big tertiary care hospitals. Moreover, there are not many new health care facilities working at the moment equipped with latest technology and professional expertise. However, the overall state of healthcare is very disappointing in our country and especially in the public sector. It is the responsibility of the state to give health cover to all; especially to the under privileged. In the last 70 years, the state has been unable to fulfill its responsibilities. It is very easy to criticize but very difficult to give sustainable solutions. I remember that I once met a health care provider who had come from UK on a contract basis to help the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore in improving health care services; however, he told me that his contract was cancelled before the prescribed period. I asked him the reason for this and I was informed that he was given a long list of medications, equipment, and civil infrastructure to approve, which he deemed inappropriate. He stated in his recommendations that, like the UK when it started its community health care program, our first priorities should also be housing, sanitation, and drinking water.

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