Commercialization of Healthcare sector:Good or Bad?

Last Updated: Jan 20, 2013

Jan 20 • General, Group Discussion • 10400 Views • 47 Comments on Commercialization of Healthcare sector:Good or Bad?

Commercialization of Healthcare sector

Health Care is one crucial field where casualness or any sort of nonchalance attitude can by any chance be unaccepted. But, to the saddest part, the world we live today is poised with scars of corruption even in this sanctuary field.

Following are the problems if it is under the governmental control:.

1. Corruption (of course prominent in a country with EXPERTS).
2. Lethargic attitude towards patients.
3. Poor infrastructure and equipment.

These further end up in providing a least care for the patients.

As brought out in earlier discussion points, commercialization would lead to opening up the sector to private player, who, by virtue of their existence, would try to exploit and make the best profit out of business. But there are many other advantages that these private organizations could bring in:

1. Better infrastructure and technology.
2. Health and clean environment.
3. Better Logistics (ambulance and emergency services).
4. Better Management and effective utilization of resources (Doctors, facilities).
5. Cost effective & quality solutions due to health competition.

Commercialization of Healthcare sector , Good or Bad

Based on the locality requirement.

However, nothing comes as free and there is a considerable risk. Either the cost effectiveness may cut a hole on the quality of service or the quality service can be rendered at a higher price. This problem of money laundering can be reduced through proper Government control. The Government can implement guidelines on the standards and pricing. Also, this has to be systemically by period audit by a transparent external agency. Various NGOs and private organizations like Manipal, Aravind are currently doing well in the health care sector. With many MNC’s showing interested toward the CSI activities the controlled commercialization will certainly be a boon for our people.

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47 Responses to Commercialization of Healthcare sector:Good or Bad?

  1. SHIV RAMA KRISHNASINGH says:

    what ever is written here i am agree with that but add some points.
    We are looking only commercial side and missing the benefits of better health facility.
    I remember that before commercialization of the health care people need to travel to mega city for city scan and MRI test. Patient have to travel @600 km in the ill condition.
    I have seen that now you will find nice hospitals in the medium size city and you will find all the instrument in good condition.
    It help us to improve our health services.

  2. Mouli Roy says:

    corruption is the root cause of any country’s developement . in helth sector also ther is corruption , people take bribe, make the beds reserved for well knowns , make the price of medicine more even on those which are free of cost. when health sectors are under government control , corruption become more and more due to the fact that the rules in government are not so strict and penalty or punishment are not that strong thats why the people in this sectors never fear about getting punished. privatization of healh sector may solve the problems to some extent but the cost also matters , in government control the cost is low . avobe all private sectors can also get corrupted because it depends on we and our minds. so in my view , instead of privatizing our government should make rules more strict and also people should try to be more honest.

  3. priti pathak says:

    in my point of view commercialization should be there in the healthcare center because it can only gives the better quality,beter equipments ,best doctors and combining all this a good health which is much more important for a person than any sort of money .but it should not be just for fulfilling our selfish demands.

  4. Chandreyee Ghosh says:

    Commercialization of healthcare sector is really needed . It will help in improvement of health sectors . Now a days all the govt. hospitals are not well equipped ,it can not give proper service to the patients. But the commercialization will make the health sectors much more professional . The only problem is that it is more expensive than the govt. one. So this improvements are not fruitful for poor people. They are still facing the same problems.

  5. Dipak Sen says:

    Commerciallization is means maximum probablity of money involved in business. commerciallization of health are not good because it should be commercial to bring quallity of treatment & fulfil all need required patients.

  6. Abhijit Bera says:

    india have very bad condition in health according to other.health is a crutial field which should not be commercialized because of that in india economy is closly related to the health ,mainly who r middle class and below poverty limit,around in figure 78%.having the illeteracy around37%the people r nopt concious about health .from my side itshould not be.

  7. NILAY MAZUMDER says:

    Firstly I must say, its bad..as we are in this materialstic world ..we cant survive without money…n in our day today lifestyle the commodity prices are incrising drastically ..so we cant survive without earning money..
    But in practically to say about the the morallity,modesty,humanity we its bad as i can say that every sector of the people are desired to get the treatment..so to get that privieledge we cant let them to go for bankrupt!! That pathetic mioschief is done by our brutal systemic behaviour!!! But if there is good well defined welltyrained doctor to give us highly procured treatments then we definitely need to give the price for its own..but it has to well enough and justified!! there shoud not be any knd of duplicacy!!! if a oraganisation acts with humanity!! then its well enough!!!! but the care wich we dont get from our govmnt sectors we need that from our private sectors..so as to commecilisation its needed but required less monitary effect!!!

  8. Tapas Baidya says:

    In my knowledge Health Care is one crucial field where casualness or any sort of nonchalance attitude can by any chance be unaccepte.
    Following are the problems if it is under the governmental control:-
    1. Corruption (of course prominent in a country with EXPERTS); 2. Lethargic attitude towards patients;
    3. Poor infrastructure and equipment.
    There are many other advantages that these private organizations could bring in:
    1. Better infrastructure and technology; 2. Health and clean environment.
    3. Better Logistics (ambulance and emergency services).
    4. Better Management and effective utilization of resources (Doctors, facilities).
    5. Cost effective & quality solutions due to health competition.
    I think that the govt should take some steps immediately for this purpose.

  9. Abhijit Roy says:

    helth care is always good. those man’s are care helth they are always good. it should be mixedup with the helth sector as it leads exploitation. but no other hand if we see the nothing can be got freee of cost.

  10. Manika Sikari says:

    commerciallization of health sector is the field where the bad attitude can be removed. The Government can implement guidelines on the standards and pricing. Also, this has to be systemically by period audit by a transparent external agency. Various NGOs and private organizations like Manipal, Aravind are currently doing well in the health care sector. With many MNC’s showing interested toward the CSI activities the controlled commercialization will certainly be a boon for our people.

  11. Amitkumar Paul says:

    health care is one of the primary independece to us. in health care center/sector must have commercialized,bt it must be avallavel to all class of people. in the government helthcare sectors are not commercialized, so it didnt brings those facility. if they commercialized then the treatment procedure must be upgreaded.

  12. Satish Kumar says:

    commerciallization of health sector is necessary for running a health sector properly but. it should be Commercialized to bring quality in treatment and fulfill all need reuire by Patient and also to remove Corruption to extent level in medical sector.

  13. Sweta SINGH GAUTAM says:

    Healthcare is such sector where any casualness cannot be accepted.But todays’s world is full of corruption.
    So,I think that it should be commercialized to bring quality in the treatment of patient as well as to fulfill all the needs of the patients.On the other hand we should also try to remove increasing corruption.

  14. ssss ssss says:

    Commercialization of any sector is necessary for monetary income,for building purpose of an organisation,so i dont think healthcare should not be commercialized but keeping in mind public interest.So that your growth does not hamper the health of a society.

  15. Soumyajit Debnath says:

    The word “Commercialization” is a word related to the business which is focused on the profit of any organization. But I don’t think that healthcare organizations or Hospitals are a place of business. This is basically made for serving people. And company like India there present many poor and uneducated people who are unable to earn such kind of money to make a treatment in a costly hospital. So we must try to move the commercialization from the Healthcare Sector. It will lead us to a good thing…

  16. Rakesh Singh says:

    as we know there is two things always present with every thing of world.first is good and oter is bad.in whole world nothing is with one thing eiter good or bad.
    so with commercialized treatment it brings quality it is its gud thins but it is not for poor people and ithink it will bring corruption also.

  17. Kaushik Das says:

    “Commercialization”
    This word is used to attain the maximum profitability involved in a business. This lead to earning of maximum profit.
    But i think this should not be mixed up with the Health sector as it leads to exploitation. But on the other hand if we see that nothing can be got free of cost. thus there commercialisation can applied on health sector applying some norms and regulation by some independent authorities.
    That will help to provide better facilities to the patients.

  18. Wribhu Kotal says:

    Definitely,health sector is one such area which needs controlled comercialization to improve the quality of medical facilties that are being provided to the patients.Better medication,better treatment and better healthcare should be the priority by means of commercialization..

  19. Nishanta Biswas says:

    I think this is the very thing for enhance the reputation of india.. the Article focused on the correct theme of health sector commercialization. In our day to day life we hav seen how sampled medicine has been sold and doctors took money or bribe for treatment in government hospitals where all treatments are almost free. Behind all these things our corrupted system and also us are responsible and some major step should be taken against this.I think its always bad for every kind of people because my experience there has so many corruption…& all the people so many hardworking then may be success…

  20. nandan kumar says:

    Commercialization of Healthcare sector are not good because
    it should be Commercialized to bring quality in treatment and fulfill all need reuire by Patient and also to remove Corruption to extent level in medical sector..

  21. Brij Raj Prasad says:

    In my point of view commercialization o health sector is good for society. As now a day the condition of govt. health oraganisations will is becoming poor and poor in both the respect i.e cure and money.Maximum medicines are not available.Even the Doctors and staff too.As an impact a patient have to bear same cost as
    will in a commercial oraganisations. So why should he pay more get less facility with facing rude behavior of a Govt. employee.More precisely it is good in following respect too.

    1. There will be less admistrative burden on Govt.
    2.These organisations will be available in huge amount and in more places.
    3.Curing facilities i.e docters ,staffs and equipements will be available in sufficient amount.
    4. service will be corruptionless and quick due to sufficient investment and skilled administration.

  22. Sk Rahaman says:

    I think its always bad for every kind of people because my experience there has so many corruption…& all the people so many hardworking then may be success…

  23. Singh Saurabh says:

    it should be Commercialized to bring quality in treatment and fulfill all need reuire by Patient and also to remove Corruption to extent level in medical sector..

  24. Pallavi sinha says:

    Article focused on the correct theme of health sector commercialization. In our day to day life we hav seen how sampled medicine has been sold and doctors took money or bribe for treatment in government hospitals where all treatments are almost free. Behind all these things our corrupted system and also us are responsible and some major step should be taken against this.

  25. Divya Acharya says:

    according to me it’s not good to make the health sector commercialization.

    • Anup Mondal says:

      I think there will be bridge between government and private sector.This wiil good for our health sector.

    • Tamal Naskar says:

      It is always good for us. When we tired so long then we have to go any specialist. Because they have already know everything of our body.

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