Are we in safe hands ?

Life savings drugs are working as life taking drugs.

Pakistan’s economic situation was already becoming severely unpredictable whereby lives of people were not safe due to poor security in the society, now even the Pakistani hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are taking such a serious U- turn and drowning in the name of corruption.  Sixty-three people died in Lahore government hospitals after taking medicines. The poor people who cannot afford to go to a Private Hospital are not even safe in the hands of the Government Owned Hospitals. There have been misleading death toll but the latest figure is 63 after the 36 deaths officially confirmed by the health secretary. There have been a lot of people who are affected by the medicines available at the Government Hospitals and Dr.Saeed Elahi would share the number of affected patients from Tuesday. (Choudhry, 2012)

The pharmaceutical companies who are involved in the production of such sub-standard drugs which are not reliable for the citizens of Pakistan as their main motive has become, “To provide to them who can pay for them”. Looking at this grim situation, it makes me look over and ponder that a country that has more or less asymmetrical history as ours seems to advance rapidly in the healthcare system which is one of the bloodline of any country. This is so because a healthy nation is a prosperous nation. Indian healthcare (be it private or public) has actually advanced 360 degrees and is still on a pace of advancing. The cheap healthcare Indian hospitals and pharmaceutical companies provide is commendable as no compromise upon quality is made. Statistics show that nearly about 500,000 visitors arrive in India for various healthcare surgeries and medical tourism. This is so as Indian Government allocates rough estimates in billions over healthcare which is predicted to reach about $14.2 billion in 2012. (James, 2009).The Economist has actually highlighted the medical practices India carries as being a benchmark for other rich as well as poor countries to follow for a better and patient-oriented healthcare rather than profit-oriented. (www.economist.com, 2009)