India's Healthcare Facilities Still Below Global Standards: Report

It is indeed good news for the countrymen that the overall infant mortality rate has now declined from 47 in 2010 to 42 in 2012.

Further, Vardhan directed his officials to come out with more comprehensive and robust data from the coming year so that the government could make "evidence-based intervention" in health sector.

He sought details of all government and private hospitals, their facilities, prevalence of different ailments in different regions.

"If Election Commission, Census officials can have all details of 125 cr people of this country, then I am sure we can also do this," Vardhan added, reports PTI.

In his recent visit to the U.S., Vardhan said, he was shown real time health data being observed by the health officials there and it felt like a "war room".

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