A Comparative Study Of Heathcare Facilities And Related Issues In Bodol And Territorial Region (BTR), Assam, And India

Abstract

“Health is wealth” which refers to a state of complete emotional, mental and physical well-being. A person could able to precedethe rest of his life if his health is a comfort to that level. According to World Health Organization (WHO), “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Health facilities are places that provide health care which include hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers, such as birthcenters and psychiatric care centers. The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Assam is an autonomous region where the health carefacilities are poor reflecting the low status of health in the region. This paper highlights the status of healthcare facilities of BTR in comparison to Assamas well as Indiawhile focussing on the causes of poor health facilities in the recently created region. The descriptive and analytical method is being applied and data is based on secondary sources. The simple average method is used to calculate the data. It is found that the prevailing low health facilities of the region is mainly because of an inefficient work process, lack of organization of work system, insufficient equipment, poor time management, inadequate staff, low health worker motivation, and low percentage of GDP expenditure on health sector. After analyzing the data some feasible suggestions have been put forwarded on this paper through which certain gaps in current health scenario in the region can be minimised.