Apathy of healthcare.

Byline: NAZIR AHMED SHAIKH

Apathy of healthcare

Time to improve policies and start manufacturing medical devices within the country

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The 17 SDGs are integrated-they recognise that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability. Countries have committed to prioritise progress for those who are furthest behind. The SDGs are designed to end poverty, hunger, AIDS, and discrimination against women and girls.

Whereas the Targets of Sustainable Development Goal-3 are to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. These includes maternal mortality, maternal mortality, road traffic, sexual and reproductive health, environmental health, etc. SDG-3 aspires to ensure health and well-being for all, including a bold commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030. It also aims to achieve universal health coverage, and provide access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines for all.

The global healthcare sector continues to rise up to the new challenges presented by the ongoing pandemic, which continues to dominate healthcare systems' attention and resources. They continue to elevate the human experience of their workforce and reshaping what, how, and where work is performed, swiftly scaling virtual health services for patients, and forging partnerships to produce and procure the required vaccines, treatments, and supplies. At the same time, they continue to address the heightened importance of inequities of health care, sustainability, and the environment.

The health systems in countries throughout the developing world suffer from insufficient financial and human resources, limited institutional capacity and infrastructure, weak health information systems, lack of comprehensiveness, embedded inequity and discrimination in availability of services, absence of community support etc.

The negligence in the health sector of Pakistan is evident. We all have witnessed the pathetic conditions of Government hospitals where there is no proper treatment for the patients. Moreover, there are lack of doctors for the treatment of patients and as a result many...