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Meri saheli magazine online
Meri saheli magazine online Published this article There accrued a huge shortage of doctors and supporting medical staff leading to patients bound to go to private clinics There was a shortage of medical equipment drugs and pathological facilities in public health institutionshospitals were reduced to mere writing of prescriptions and patients were compelledto buy medicines from the open market and to get pathological tests done at private labs at higher costs Private doctors not only indulged in charging exorbitant fees but also prescribed unnecessarily more and costlier medicines as well as avoidable pathological testsDue to the laxity of the State regulatory apparatuses even government doctors and supporting staff started giving more time at their private clinics Due to the retreat of state in providing subsidised food sanitation facilities there was a rise in communicable and non-communicable diseases leading to long duration of morbidity and finally death meri saheli magazine subscription