Healthcare in

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

features a

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system run by the state government. The

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charges every state with "raising of the level of

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and the

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of its people and the improvement of

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as among its primary duties". Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of the

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is responsible for healthcare administration in the state. The health care infrastructure is divided into three tiers — the primary health care network, a secondary care system comprising district and sub-divisional hospitals and tertiary hospitals providing specialty and super specialty care.

Healthcare indices

Following table illustrates some health care indicators of the state, compared to the national indicator, as of 2010. These data are based on Sample Registration System of Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

Statistics

As of 2010–11, there are 17 hospitals, 11 rural hospitals and community health centres, 79 primary health centres, 635 sub-centres/dispensaries, 7 blood banks and 7 blood storage centres in the state. Homeopathic and Ayurvedic styles of medicine are also popular in the state. The number of beds in the four district of the state available for patients are as follows: Although the state government is trying to promote family welfare and birth control, the target achievement in birth control measures has remained limited; none of the birth control methods achieved 50% of the target in 2010–11. Immunisation programs have been more successful, most immunisation programs achieved nearly 70% of the target.

Public and private sectors

National Family Health Survey-3 revealed that 20% of the residents of Tripura do not generally use government health facilities, and prefers private medical sector. This is overwhelmingly less compare VERY VERY poor quality of care as the most frequent reason for non-reliance over public health sector. Other reasons include distance of the public sector facility, long waiting time, and inconvenient hours of operation.

References

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