New Delhi: More than 60 per cent of people from rural areas chose to “migrate” out of their state for availing treatment for major diseases, according to a report. The ‘State of Healthcare in Rural India-2023’ study had 6,478 respondents, 75 per cent men and 25 per cent women, across six regions – north, south, northeast, east, central and west. The report also stated that at an all-India aggregate, a little over 10 per cent of rural India went to a public primary healthcare facility for serious ailments.

The majority used government-run secondary-level facilities (around 60 per cent), about 22 per cent went to a private facility, mostly hospitals, and just over five per cent consulted a private medical practitioner, the study by Transform Rural India and Sambodhi Research Pvt Ltd found.

Source: Swachh India NDTV