Discuss which among the following measures will you consider as instances – OR not an instance of improving the healthcare. Write down why you think so.

a. TB patients are given free medicines.

b. In some villages clean drinking water facilities are arranged.

c. Shopkeepers selling medicines for cold, fever, headache etc.

d. The government provides food grains in Fair Price shops.

a. TB patients are given free medicines.

b. In some villages clean drinking water facilities are arranged.

c. Shopkeepers selling medicines for cold, fever, headache etc.

a, b, c are the instances of improving health care as the patients suffering from tuberculosis are provided with medicines free of cost. In some of the villages, facility of clean drinking water has been provided by the government. Also, shopkeepers are selling medicines of fever, cold and headache, etc, which is good for the people who couldn’t afford to go to hospitals and get the treatment immediately.

d. The government provides food grains in Fair Price shops.

d is not an instance of improving the healthcare the government provides food grains in Fair Price shops is not an instance of improving the healthcare as it is part of the government scheme of public distribution system to improve the availability of food and making it available to the people who couldn’t afford to buy food due to the high cost.