Ziqitza  Indian Healthcare In India Needs Life Support
                     Ziqitza : Indian Healthcare In India Needs 
Life Support
It is no surprise that the medical sector of India is appalling when 
compared to our competing nations, but we get away with it by 
masquerading as a ‘developing country’. However, with the onslaught of 
a pandemic that was predicted to happen, India needs to pull up its 
socks to gather momentum in its healthcare and medical equipment 
department. 
Why India’s Healthcare Is Inadequate
Our current situation because of the spread of the Coronavirus shows 
how weak the disaster preparation of our country’s hospitals truly is, 
and the same mistake has been committed by other leading countries 
as well. The United States Of America has been reporting a continuous 
rise in COVID-19 cases and its death rate is significant as well. But this 
can’t be used as an excuse for a country like India to ignore our 
inadequacy and keep focusing on issues that divert attention from 
severe problems like our healthcare sector
What Stats Show That India Can’t Provide Basic 
Life Support To Its Citizens
For example, in India, for a heart attack victim to reach a hospital in an 
ambulance to get emergency treatment, it takes him/her 400 minutes. 
400 minutes. The ideal transportation window is about 30 minutes 
to save the patient’s life by performing emergency procedures, 
but we take 370 minutes more than for it to be the most effective
After 180 minutes, the heart vessels suffer irreversible damage due to 
lack of blood supply but our ambulances still take more than 6 hours 
on average to take a heart attack victim to a hospital. Moreover, only 
50% of the said cases are taken to the hospital, the rest never do 
receive ambulance services during a heart attack.
But these are ambulances we are talking about. If we dive into the 
situation of hospitals in India, it is both amusing and scary how weakly 
planned the medical sector of the world’s largest democracy is. 74% of 
doctors in India serve the 28% of the urban population, leaving the 
healthcare of 72% of the population living in rural areas dangling by a 
thread. Although it is not all bad, the Aayushman Bharat Scheme will 
cover up to Rs 5 lakh for 10 crores at-risk Indian families, most of 
them residing in rural areas or urban slums. Still, the healthcare that 
an average Indian receives is in no shape or form adequate for a 
person.
Why Is Indian Healthcare Not Improving 
After Major Efforts By Everyone
There are several reasons why Indian healthcare continues to decline 
year after year despite government efforts and awareness raised among 
the population. A mere 1% of the GDP was spent on the Indian public 
healthcare system in the year of 2015.
In a country where a third of its population is living below the poverty 
line, public healthcare must be pulled out of its inadequacy. 
The number of beds in Indian hospitals amounts to 7,13,986. This 
means that there are 0.55 beds for every 1,000 people in the country. 
If this stat wasn’t scary enough 12 states that make up for over 70% 
of India’s population lie below the 0.55 beds per 1000 people figure. 
The worst state is Bihar with only 0.11 beds per 1000, while states 
like Karnataka(8.6), Tamil Nadu(7.6), and Kerala(7.4) are some of the 
better ones.
This disparity is caused due to financial mismanagement in the 
public healthcare sector of India. Due to a tremendously low 
budget for an enormous population, the public healthcare of 
India cannot, not even on paper, serve the massive population 
that is dependent on it for treatments and other medical care.
Private healthcare expenditure amounts to over 75% of the total 
expenditure on healthcare, a massive proportion for a country of our 
size. The Indian healthcare department plays a major role in 
continuing the cruel cycle of systematically keeping the rich rich, and 
the poor poor.
Because of a majority of healthcare options in India are beyond the 
capabilities of a person living below the poverty line, they either 
have to resort to poor public healthcare or no healthcare at all, while 
the rich people who can afford private healthcare make no strides in 
fixing the oppressive system
What Can Be Done To Fix The Indian 
Healthcare System?
There are a lot of ways to go on about fixing the Indian healthcare 
system, but the most effective way would be more financial 
investment by the government. An increase in the proportion of GDP 
that is utilized by the public healthcare system would go a long way in 
increasing and improving the facilities of government hospitals.
An increase in expenditure can also be diverted towards paying 
government doctors more as the quality of practitioners in 
government hospitals and private hospitals is worlds apart. More 
money can attract talented but philanthropic practitioners towards 
public healthcare, ultimately leading to two birds being killed with 
one stone: Indian citizens receiving better healthcare and 
practitioners being compensated handsomely for providing said 
better healthcare. It is a big dream but the motion of big dreams 
should be set in early on.
 How does Ziqitza Help?
Ziqitza Healthcare ltd is a private emergency service provider that 
operates in a total of 16 states of India. It was co-founded by CFO 
Manish Sacheti in Rajasthan but has now moved its operations to 
Mumbai. Ziqitza is the largest social enterprise not only in India but 
in sub-Asia as well. We employ over 10,000 people involved in our 
blue/white-collar jobs and provide the people of India with the best 
emergency healthcare services they deserve. 
Ziqitza Limited is also experienced in operating health helplines across 
the country and operating private ambulances for individuals and 
Corporate wellness solutions.
Moreover, Ziqitza Healthcare is involved in a multitude of public-
private services. Ziqitza operates the national COVID-19 helpline 104, 
and since March 2020 we have handled over 16.3 lakh distress calls. 
Ziqitza operators are professionally trained to handle grievance and 
distress calls and handle them based on urgency. All of our employees 
are determined in helping you out to the fullest.
As the ambulances of India are in frightful conditions, Ziqitza 
Healthcare ltd has launched MMUs(mobile medical units) that provide 
basic and advanced life support systems as India reports an absurdly 
high number of preventable ambulance deaths. To know more about 
our MMUs click here.
Due to Ziqitza’s standardized protocols, quick response strategies, and 
trained staff, we are proud to announce that Ziqitza Healthcare has 
been awarded two prestigious emergency healthcare awards:
•  Best Post-Crash Service' at the FICCI Road Safety Awards
•  Integrated referral transport Ambulance Service in Madhya         
Pradesh at the Elets Annual Healthcare Excellence Awards
At Ziqitza, we aim to provide Indian citizens with emergency services 
better than the international standard through our dependable, 
hardworking staff, world-class equipment, and a zeal to help out 
people in need.
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