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Generic drugs will be given free to poor: PM -Aarti Dhar

-The Hindu

Health sector outlay tripled to Rs.3-lakh crore

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that the allocation for the health sector during the 12th Plan had been increased three times over the previous Plan allotment to address complex challenges.

The outlay in the 12th Plan had been fixed at Rs. 3-lakh crore, which was 1.95 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. During the last Plan period, the sector had got Rs. 89,265 crore.

Free generic drugs would be made available through public hospitals to help “reduce out-of-pocket expenditure of the poor” on health.

Speaking at a function for laying the foundation stone for a redevelopment project of the Lady Hardinge Medical College here, Dr. Singh said thrust was being given to nutrition, safe drinking water, sanitation, housing and education, particularly education of the girl child, as they were increasingly being underlined as social determinants of health.

Appreciating that the latest sample registration system suggested that India’s infant mortality rate had declined by a further three points during the last one year, the Prime Minister felt the country still had a long way to go on this front as it continued to lag behind other developing countries.

India’s infant mortality rate has declined by a further three points

“Focus is on nutrition, sanitation, housing and education”