Daily Newsings: 22 April 2025

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news.For today's Newsing, we look at a recently published study that claims that elderly people in rural areas have to travel an average distance of more than 28 km in order to access outpatient healthcare, while elderly people in urban areas get access to healthcare within 10 km.Bibliography:1. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/indias-healthcare-in-critical-condition-4-out-of-5-public-health-centers-below-par-reveals-new-govt-report/articleshow/111358724.cms?from=mdr2. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-20243. https://www.experian.com/content/dam/noindex/na/us/healthcare/state-of-claims-2024.pdf4. Chhattisgarh's GDP for 23-24 was around 59 billion US Dollars https://web.archive.org/web/20230726083529/https://prsindia.org/budgets/states/chhattisgarh-budget-analysis-2023-245. The GDP of Mumbai in 2024 was 368 billion US Dollars https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400141/india-gdp-of-major-cities/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202022%2C%20Mumbai,other%20major%20cities%20of%20India-content/uploads/2022/06/Global-Wealth-Distribution.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeyapaulcaleb.substack.com