Devoted Towards A Cause: Ajith Kozhikote

There are so many people in our country who are ailing from dangerous diseases, and due to the lack of basic facilities, half of the population cannot get an access to the treatments. This is so heart wrenching that a country with such a huge population and large number of professional physicians can't reach out to those who cannot afford the costly expenses of the treatment. So many people die and their cases are not even reported, and most of them are unaware of their disease.

The dilemma is that most of the citizens of the fastest developing economy are below the poverty line, and in spite of so many schemes and plans for the downtrodden, the facilities maintain a distance from this section of the society. Lack of awareness and education has also been one of the factors that these people cannot ask for their rights. After the formation of every new Government, so many plans are activated for the upliftment of this section.

The health facilities in the hospitals, free medical camps, free medication and so many other options are opened for them, but they fail to use any of these provisions.We as physicians don't just have our duty in the hospitals or our clinics, but we should be devoted to every citizen who is in need, especially those who cannot afford expensive treatments. The public hospitals are confronting a lot of challenges and they cannot solely depend upon them. We hope the moment would arrive when these hospitals would match the facilities of the private hospitals.

But, today the situation is different, and all my fellow colleagues and physicians from all parts of the country, I would like to request you to dedicate some of your time towards the poorer segment of your society. You can help them in any way you want, educate them about the basic check-ups, diseases, health, about the current running health plans.

We are a team of physicians from various hospitals in Maharashtra, that has been organizing health camps for the wretched. These camps have helped more than thousands of people, and are continuing to do so with high spirits. It would be great if my blog enlightens any one of you to join hands in making our country healthy and safe for our citizens.