Bengal's healthcare has become dysfunctional. Here's how we can fix it

Bose, Mampi (2019) Bengal's healthcare has become dysfunctional. Here's how we can fix it. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Abstract

Recent mayhem in West Bengal’s public hospitals, as doctors were on strike for eight days, reflects the larger implosion of the health system of the state. The incidents that led to the strike are not new in West Bengal or other states of India. Accusing and beating doctors for a mishap during treatment has been common. In this backdrop, it is not unnatural for doctors to demand a sound security system. While politicians squabbled with doctors, the brunt of the whole episode was borne by common citizens whose lives were put at risk in the absence of a functional public health system.

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