Evolution of health system in travancore

Abstract

The present study desires to undertake a thorough scrutiny of the emergence of newlinethe health system in Travancore. In spite of several achievements like the increase in newlinethe number of institutions, beds etc health care system suffers from many weaknesses newlineand deficiencies. The pre-occupation with the promotion of curative and clinical newlineservices through urban hospital has by and large benefitted only a section of the newlinepopulation. The concept of health in its totality with preventive and promotive health newlinecare services in addition to the curative is still to be made operational. The issue of newlinehealth system reform must be addressed in proper perspective and one has to look at newlinethe whole rather the parts. Hence the objective of the study is to trace the historical newlinepath of the health system in Travancore to help the policy makers in finding a lasting newlinesolution to the problems of the existing health care system. newline