Health Infrastructure

Unequal distribution of health benefits in country: Azad

India has made substantial progress in building health infrastructure but the progress achieved has not been uniform across the country, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday. ...  

Ramesh targets states for poor health infrastructure

New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh attacked the states for the crumbling health infrastructure in the country, saying even Kenya has lower infant mortality rate than India. Ramesh's statement on the state of health infrastructure assumes significance as public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries come under the State List (Constitution Seventh Schedule, Article 246, List II). He also targeted the states for not decentralising power, even though some...