Letter from India

[摘要] In India, the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west; at least it has done so far. Such consistency and predictability is, however, conspicuously absent from most other aspects of life in this colourful country. It seems that the only traffic rule is that cows have universal right of way. Towers of capitalism represent India's aspirations to become a developed nation by 2020; but illness and disease still crawl in the streets below. In the field of health care, a wide variety of therapies exist for the treatment of every ill, delivered through a complex interplay of private, government, and charitable institutions, by allopathic, homeopathic, and traditional healers.

[学科分类] 卫生学