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A healthcare centre in Bihar
May 24, 2021

The Modi government's promise of a $5 trillion economy has since been derailed due to the pandemic, but India's healthcare sector continues to get no attention. The picture alongside is the  Primary Health Centre in Madhubani's Sakri in Bihar. "This hospital only exists on paper. Doctors, nurses & sanitation workers are also appointed to this facility but they're not present here. They only come once in a month," says a local. Another picture showed a pig scavenging in garbage in the healthcare centre premises. 

"Doctors don't come here. This facility only opens on January 26 and August 15 for flag hoisting. This hospital is operational on papers," says another local.

India allotted just 0.34% of its budget to healthcare and this picture of ruin is symptomatic of not just Bihar but most other states. 
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