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NCERT Class 7th Social Science Solutions- Role of Government

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Channel: Dilip Thakur · 2017 · People & Blogs

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1. What is health? Write all the factors contributing to it? 
• Health means our ability to remain free of illness or injuries. 
2. What are the facilities required to take care of health problems? 
• To prevent and treat illness, we need health centres, laboratories, ambulance services and blood banks. 
3. What is public health care system? 
• This is a system of hospitals and health care centres run by the government. 
4. How does public health system work at different levels? 
• At the village level, there is a nurse and a village health worker. They are trained in dealing with the common illness. 
5. Why is the health service called public? 
• The government establishes the hospitals for all citizens either at no cost or low cost. 
6. What is written in our constitution about the public health? 
• According to the constitution, it is the primary duty of the government to ensure the welfare of the people and to provide health care facilities to all. 
7. What was the judgment of the court in case of Hakim Sheikh? Why did the court give this ruling? 
• The court ordered the state government to give him money spent on his treatment at the private hospitals. He was denied treatment at the government hospitals. 
8. Write about the Private Health Facilities? 
• Private health facilities are owned by the private individuals. 
• In rural areas, there are Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs)
9. What are the disadvantages of using the private health facilities? 
• Treatment is costly and medicines prescribed are expensive. 
10. Why does the illness for a poor family become a great problem? 
• First of all, they are undernourished 
• They don’t get the safe drinking water, housing and clean surroundings. 
11. What should be done by the government to improve the health care situation? 
• Government should work on providing the basic facilities and improve the social conditions of the people. 
12. How was the Kerala’s experience on health care? 
• In 1996, Kerala government gave fourty percent of the entire budget to Panchayats. 
13. How is the Costa Rican Approach to health? 
• Costa Rica is considered to be one of the healthiest countries in South America. 
• Several years ago, the government decided not to have any army. 
14. Improvement in water and sanitation can control many diseases. Explain with the help of examples. 
• 21 % of all communicable diseases are caused by the contaminated water like Cholera, Diarrhoea, Jaundice etc.

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