HEALTH CARE SCENARIO IN ANCIENT INDIA

KEYWORDS 
Health Care, Ancient India, Ayurveda, Indian Medical Science.

In ancient times, it was a tradition to take care of and treat the patients in their own homes and for those who had no one to look after them, the state had arranged places where the patients were lodged and treated. O. P. Jaggi, the well-known historian of medicinal sciences, in a recent article tries to recapitulate the state of Indian hospitals during the ancient and the medieval periods. It is remarkable to note that the state in India all through its history functioned as a welfare state and provided well-organized health facilities to the destitute and the poor. We give a brief glimpse of the ancient Medicare systems based on Jaggi’s comprehensive article.

D. P. Agarwal & Pankaj Goyal
The authors are Research Scientists at Lok Vigyan Kendra, Almora-263601