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by zxexz 1379 days ago
Huh. 8 or 9 years ago I visited somebody in a hospital in rural India (maybe 100km from Hubli), and this was definitely not the case. A man was being ejected (after intake!) from the hospital with acute appendicitis because he and his family was unable to pay. There were probably 3 nurses in the hospital and 40 patients over several floors. The degraded ductwork and disgusting window mount aircon looked like legionnaires disease would kill anybody who could afford to stay.

Has a lot changed in the last decade? Is the “good” healthcare just in wealthier areas? Was this just an extreme outlier?

Obviously, this is just one (anec)datapoint.