21/06/2021 - Health

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Please review mam/ sir 

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KEY POINTS

·        Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India established that with respect to workers, the constitutional right to life is inclusive of the right to health, brought to light the limitations of the country’s healthcare systems to serve its poorest.

·        The judicial interpretation of the right to life and liberty under Article 21 in several judgments as inclusive of health was crucial, but has its limitations.

·        The universal access to healthcare is now as achievable as it is indispensable.

·        Ayushman Bharat is an ambitious scheme with great potential, but there is a difference between a rights and a service-delivery model of development.

·        If health is a fundamental right, it will give a spine to the entire health ecosystem, empower doctors and healthcare workers, and ensure transparency, inclusivity, and accountability.

·        Moreover, it will pave the way for special legislation, capable institutions, increased budgets, medical training and research, wellness and prevention, and outreach of services.

·        The right to education too had long been upheld as implicit to the right to life before the constitutional amendment that established it as fundamental in its own right.

·        Now, the primary school enrolment rate is over 95 per cent, a target believed to be impossible 15 years ago.

·        This is the time for a constitutional amendment to make health a fundamental right.

kindly review and provide suggestions sir/mam