| Hospitals, especially in districts and other large cities, are already bursting at their seams because of ever increasing load of patients. This results in overcrowding and poor services to the community, thereby defeating the very purpose for which these institutions are meants. On the other extreme are the smaller hospitals at the Taluka and community development block levels in semi-urban and rural areas which are grossly underutilized. These paradoxes need careful examination, for studying and identifying the causes for such situation and suggest feasible solutions for corrective action. |