Question

Can you give some evidence to prove that health infrastructure has improved in India ?

Answer 1

There is no doubt about it that health infrastructure in India has improved.It can be proved from the statistics given below:
TABLE 9.3

Public Health Infrastructure in India,

$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{Item}& \text{1951}& \text{1981}& \text{2000}\\ \text{Hospitals}& \text{2694}& \text{6805}& \text{15888}\\ \text{Hospital/Dispensary Bed}& \text{117000}& \text{504538}& \text{719861}\\ \text{Dispensaries}& \text{6600}& \text{16745}& \text{23065}\\ \text{PHCs}& \text{725}& \text{9115}& \text{22482}\\ \text{Subcenters}& & \text{84736}& \text{137311}\\ \text{CHCs-}& & \text{761}& \text{3043}\end{array}$

It is absolutely clear that number of hospitals,dispensaries,PHCs,CHCs all have increased many times during 1951-2000.