A recent survey found out that most people in India have completely lost their faith in the country’s healthcare system. It also found out that Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is seen as the most trusted celebrity or public figure for health advice, followed closely by Yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
Over 92 percent people do not trust the Indian healthcare system, with hospitals being the most mistrusted organisations, followed by Pharma and insurance companies, as per annual survey by fitness device firm GOQii.
“As per the GOQii India Fit 2018 report, 92.3 percent of citizens do not trust the healthcare system in India, which includes doctors, hospitals, pharma, insurance companies and diagnostic labs,” the survey said.
The survey claims to have used inputs from about 2 lakh GoQii product users in the country.
As per the survey, 74 percent people said that they do not trust hospitals, followed by pharma and insurance firms (62.8 percent), medical clinics (52.6 per cent), 50.6 percent doctors and diagnostic labs (46.1 percent).
"The key reason for the erosion of trust is largely due to a series of failure in the healthcare system, particularly the negligence by hospitals in the recent past. In addition, lack of transparency also came out as the single biggest impediment to the healthcare system in India," the report said.
People in most of the cities expressed major concern on air-quality.
"The 'Quality of Air' is a major concern among people and rated it the lowest at 3.3. Quality of food got the highest rating followed by water, with a rating of 4.1 and 3.8, respectively. This indicates that most Indians feel the quality of air in their city is substandard," the report said.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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