Page 1 - LN 3-healthcare & equality,
P. 1

SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020 – 21
                                                       Class – VII
                                                          Civics
                      Chapter – 2 : ROLE OF THE STATE OVERNMENT IN HEALTH
                                                   LESSON NOTES

                                     Sub-Topic 3 : HEALTHCARE AND EQUALITY
                                                        WHAT CAN BE DONE


              Healthcare      i) In India, private health services are increasing but public health services
              and             are not. As cost of these private services is high, many people cannot
              equality        afford them.
              (page 26-
              28)             (ii) Private services sometime encourage practices which are unethical.
                              Barely 20% of the Indian population can afford medicines that they require
                              during an illness.


                              (iii) It is the responsibility of the government to provide quality healthcare
                              services to all its citizens, especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
              The Medical  The  Council of India’s Code of Medical Ethics states:
              Council of      Every physician should, as far as possible, prescribe drugs with generic
              India’s         names and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and
              Code of         use of drugs.
              Medical
              Ethics
   1