Impact at Scale #2 | Maintaining Health at Scale
Gayathri Vasudevan
Chief Impact Officer at Sambhav Foundation & Chairperson at LabourNet Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Over the last year, we have seen the government make determined efforts to address gaps in the healthcare infrastructure. This edition of ‘Impact at Scale’ is a 2-minute read on the roadblocks to realising the impact of these efforts.
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If we want to improve the healthcare indicators of our country at scale, having a trained workforce to manage and maintain the infrastructure is essential. This is an opportunity to create many new, decent, and resilient livelihoods.
“One of the biggest myths in medicine is the idea that all we need are more medical breakthroughs, and then all of our problems will be solved.”
— Quyen Nguyen
I look forward to new perspectives and ideas from you – feedback is the breakfast of champions!
Until the next time,
Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan
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3 年Very good points. Yes we need Biomedical Technicians who are trained in operating and maintaining medical infrastructure. In the past I was exploring how to launch these courses and got stuck with multiple road blocks. The visibility on the specific job roles, the career paths, the opportunities for these folks all need to be publicised. Currently a few hospitals offer these courses. This must be expanded and some of these job roles introduced in polytechnics; in the Schools, also. This would widen the availability. Also there must be an audit of hospital infrastructure both private and governments (especially govt) to highlight these gaping gaps vis a vis lack of trained technicians and visibilty on the audit nos at the community and apex levels.
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3 年Alongside the equitable development of delivery infrastructure, shouldn't Readiness be factored in? I am thinking about military grade readiness which comes through routine drill and practice - not loosing the steam, even in peace
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3 年This seems to be a noble effort. I need to understand more about it.
1. Three things have to go togther in service delivery: Infrastructure+ procurement of medium-life equipments; HR including capabillity building; consumables and recurring expenses. Any one is not there, you would be under-performing; 2 not there you would not be performing; none there and the question of result doesn't arise. As Tolstoy said - now popularly known as Anna Karenina syndrome - every happy marriage is happy in the same way; unhappy marriages are unhappy in their own ways. So in every individual case you would find some different element missing. 2. More important in the context of India: in a 2-day workshop on Public Health organised by the MoHFW and WHO held in Delhi in 2009, after listening to the speakers for 1 day, I said it is sad to see the entire day spent on 'medical' issues - doctrs, nurse, insurance, blah blah- and not public health. I was reminded of a doctor from Gujarat -- quoted in Down to Earth - who had put a sticker on his new car "Thanks to Chikangunya". We will continue to pollute water, land and air and then spend money on 'medical' matters; not spend money on 'public health' and keep water, land and air clean. Prevention is the least priority of governments. :-( :-( :-(