(Gagandeep Kang is a professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore. The article was first published in The Indian Express on August 25, 2022)
- Education and health are foundational to every society. Examples of India’s capabilities in these areas are easy to find. Indian education produces global CEOs and Indian private healthcare systems have been providing services to medical tourists from many parts of the world. But these are exceptions and not the rule. Moreover, equity has no place in such outliers.