Covid -19 and the Future of Healthcare

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Covid 19 has been a real test, a shock, a shake up for our healthcare system, Countries, Global Health Organization like W.H.O. It will force us to look at our healthcare system in totally new light. It has exposed not only the healthcare system across the globe but the way in which communication and exchanges takes place in this sector. It calls for transparency in the way countries and related organization share and exchange information. It definitely calls for boosting our health infrastructure, healthcare spending, contingency and emergency planning and readiness, coordinated Global effort, a proactive Global health organization, indigenous development of healthcare equipments, self reliance, greater coordination between health sector and industry in developing cost effective yet quality technology , scaling up operations in short period of time etc. Again, Covid 19 has also brought the focus on collaborative health care, integration of traditional healthcare system like Ayurveda, Yoga and also integration with other departments like mental health etc. Yoga is technique extremely useful in respiratory and mental health diseases and the path clearly is laid out for healthcare integration. It calls for a higher safety for our medical personnel, developing stringent norms for healthcare equipments like masks, PPE kits. The positive light is that the medical community at large inspite of all the shortcomings have burned the midnight oil to save precious human life.