Law for healthcare rights is need of hour: Vice President Ansari
New Delhi: Underlining the urgent need for a law that covers healthcare rights, Vice President Hamid Ansari said there is evidence to suggest that investment in preventive healthcare may be politically less rewarding in a democracy like India in comparison to providing specialized healthcare.
Speaking at the convocation of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Ansari said the question of priorities remains in the realm of debate.
He said some observers maintain that the diversion of public health resources towards population control and the use of technocratic drug-based interventions to tackle specific diseases were responsible for the lack of adequate investments in public health infrastructure in India.
"There is some evidence that investing in preventive public health infrastructure may be politically less rewarding in a democracy such as India in comparison to providing private goods such as specialised healthcare.
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