Health Care System in India: A Review on How to Prepared for Covid-19

Jain, S.

COVID-19 emerged as the deadliest pandemic around the world. As of September 2020 second week the world registered 28 million cases with deaths nearing to one million mark. Talking about country specific India stands at second position after the United States of America with almost 4.4 million cases, adding around 80 thousand cases daily. The exponential rise of cases seriously tested the capacity of healthcare system. In India, the healthcare system was overwhelmed and underprepared. In India large population is out of social sector schemes and insurance coverage which keeps the sword of going into poverty any time hanging on their head. The more talked about data or figure of mortality rate or case fatality rate (CFR), in India, which is around 1.7 % as of September 2020. Converting it into numbers after seeing huge population number can give some chills. Further the age-wise data nuances suggest that it is quite underestimated. The model test, trace and treat which is followed by most of the countries is also extensively followed in India. But the test part is also a cause of concern. Considering the changing demographics of India, a thorough planning seemed necessary to cater the future needs. This paper tried to review and outline the Indian scenario of COVID-19.