International working president of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Pravin Togadia launched the helpline ruing poor health facilities in our country. They launched the Gujarat Chapter of VHP`s medical helpline India Health Line (18602333666).

Togadia said this helpline will cater all people irrespective of their religion. The India`s GDP for Health sector should be allotted more than the present said Togadia.

Around 6,000 specialized doctors across the country and around 500 in Gujarat have registered with IHL. IHL workers will respond to the calls from the patients and will help him/her to get an appointment with the specialized doctor of that particular problem they registered for he said. The consultation will be provided for this service will be free of the cost he said.

“India’s health is in serious condition, and people need to be admitted to (the) intensive care unit. India was once a land of healthy people, now it has become a land of (the) diseased. Our effort (through this health helpline) is to again make the country a land of healthy people,” Togadia said.

“In India, 2.5 lakh people committed suicide in 2012, which shows the condition of our mental health. In India, 50 lakh people attempted suicide in the same year. Psychiatrists say that one out of five Indian is mentally ill in some way or the other,” he said.

“Here, 45 crore patients spend Rs 14 lakh crore annually on treatment, which will become Rs 280 lakh crore in another 20 years. People spending so much on health will finish Indian economy, so forget to dream about becoming the world power,” he said.