Jharkhand ministers and MLAs don't trust government hospitals: For general checkups in Ranchi, Delhi and Vellore are the first choices for treatment and full body checkups.

The ground reality of government hospitals in Jharkhand is such that patients undergoing even neurosurgery are made to lie on the floor due to a lack of beds at RIMS, the state's largest hospital. Due to the absence of ventilators, 8 to 10 critical patients suffer every day. They have to turn to private centers for even basic medical tests like CT scans. The general public is forced to endure this helplessness, but the responsibility of improving this poor healthcare system lies with the honorable...