NCERT Solutions For Class 7 Civics Social Science Chapter 2 Role of Government in Health | YASH SINGHAL

VERY SHORT QUESTIONS ANSWER : 

Q1. What is health ?

Ans. We can think of health in many ways. Health means our ability to remain free of illness and injuries. But health isn’t only about disease.

Q2. What do you mean by public health?

Ans. It refers to the health of general public.

Q3. Who runs public health care system ?

Ans. Government runs public health care system.

Q4. In what kind of hospital patients see long queues ?

Ans. Patients usually have to see long queues in public hospitals.

Q5. What does RMPs stand for ?

Ans. Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs).

Q6. What are communicable diseases?

Ans. These are diseases that are spread from one person to another in many ways such as through water, food, air, etc.

Q7. What is OPD?

Ans. This is the short form for ‘Out Patient Department’. This is where people are first brought in and treated in a hospital without being admitted to any special ward.

Q8. Give some water borne diseases ?

Ans. Example - diarrhoea, worms, hepatitis, etc.

SHORT QUESTIONS ANSWER :

Q1. What do you mean by medical tourists?

Ans. This refers to foreigners who come to this country specifically for medical treatment at hospitals that offer world–class facilities at a lower cost than what they would have to pay in their own countries.

Q2. What did the court ask the state government in Hakim Sheik case and why? 

Ans. Hakim Sheik was denied treatment at various government hospitals.Therefore, the Court asked the State Government to give him the money that he had spent on his treatment.

Q3. Why did Hakim Sheikh and PBKMS file a case in the court?

Ans. Hakim Sheikh and PBKMS filed a case in the court because the indifferent attitude of all the hospitals that refused to admit him.

 Q4. What happened to Hakim Sheik?

Ans. One evening in 1992, Hakim Sheik accidentally fell off a running train and suffered head injuries. He was in a very serious condition and needed immediate treatment.

 Q5. Why government hospitals are less expensive as compared to private hospitals?

Ans. Government uses tax money for providing many public health services for the benefit of all citizens. Therefore, government hospitals are less expensive. As private health services are run for profit, the cost of these services is rather high.

Q6. Why are poor people more likely to fall ill?

Ans.  Those who are poor are in the first place undernourished. These families are not eating as much as they should. They are not provided basic necessities like drinking water, adequate housing, clean surroundings, etc., and therefore, are more likely to fall ill. The expenses on illness make their situation even worse.

Q7. Write a note on the Costa Rican approach ?

Ans.  

The Costa Rican government believes that a country has to be healthy for its development and pays a lot of attention to the health of its people.

                     The Costa Rican government provides basic services and amenities to all Costa Ricans. Health education is also considered very important and knowledge about health is an essential part of education at all levels.                      

                 LONG QUESTIONS ANSWER :

Q1. Differentiate between public health services and private health services ? 

Ans. Difference between public health services and private health services .

Public health services	Private health services
1. The public health service is a chain of health centres and hospitals run by the government.	1. Private health facilities are not owned or controlled by the government.
2. It is meant to provide quality health care services either free or at a low cost, so that even the poor can seek treatment.	2. These services are run for profit; the cost of these services is rather high.
3. Public health services in rural as well as in urban areas.	3. Private health services are concentrated mainly in urban areas.
4. Patients usually have to wait in long queues in public hospitals.	4. People do not face such problem in private hospitals.

Q2. Why pay taxes to the government?

Ans. We should pay taxes to the government because

                       i.        Government uses tax money for providing many public services such as defence, police, judicial system, highways etc.for the benefit of all citizens.

                       ii.        Taxes fund developmental programmes and services such as education, health care, employment, social welfare, vocational training etc. required for needy citizens.

                      iii.        Tax money is utilised for relief and rehabilitation in case of natural disasters.

                      iv.        Space, nuclear, and missile programmes are also funded from the revenues collected as taxes.

                       v.        Government provides some services especially for the poor who cannot afford to purchase them from the market.

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