From what I have heard so far........Indian healthcare seems better than first-world healthcare? Provided you aren't poor, of course. A middle-class person would have better healthcare access than a middle-class man or even a rich person in a first-world country.
There are two aspects of health care: Quality of Care and Availability of Care.
In terms of quality of care, Canada beats India hands down. In some really complicated cases, the quality of care that is available here is simply not seen in India. One of my friend had a very peculiar disease called HoCM. Its thickening of heart muscles due to genetic reasons. Typical solution for this is actually
inducing a small heart attack in heart using alcohol injection -- a process called as alcohol ablution. Trouble is, this process does not have a very fine control over what portions of muscle will be damaged. Till very late, in India he had only this option. Its an elective procedure.
When he moved to Canada, he had a fainting episode at home. He consulted doctor here and they introduced him to a cardiologist (after almost an year) in Vancouver who has perfected a surgical procedure excise away the extra growth of muscle. His secret sauce? He found a way to very safely stop the heart and the restart it. That allows a very precise cutting of the muscle.His operation is a success and he was dischared 2 days later. He is doing totally fine now and lately we went hiking on grouse mountain -- something unimaginable for him just 3 years back.
This is simply not possible in India. They don't have it. And icing on the cake? His expenses for health care were ZERO, nominally speaking.
There is another major major aspect of health care. It called availability. In my opinion it is more important. Most of us do not suffer from such peculiar ailments most of the time. Infact most of us require long term care for chronic conditions or timely care for occasional issues. There Canada sucks worse than a hoover and India beats it hands down. I see day in and day out people who have broken hip joint, dislocated shoulder etc etc who need an immediate attention from a doctor but doctor is simply not there. Thats where Canada has been failing and these days, its beyond failing.
