Corruption diagram
Assumption
Poor people votes a getting bought by political parties by giving them ID’s, which enables them to go to the hospital.
Findings
The public hospitals are open to all people that need help. No ID’s are needed to enter the hospital. A consult at the public hospital will cost 10 Rupies (13 cents), a breakfast at the IIT will cost you 20 Rupies.
In practice the patient will not have similar rights as in the Netherlands. There will not always be a bed to lay on or a doctor to help quickly. An Indian patient is happy if it is helped.
Why there are insufficient facilities is unclear. According to two doctors at the King Eduard Memorial Hospital (Mumbai) there is a corruption in the medical sector, but they are not aware about the motivation and the size of corruption.
Lisanne is reading a book called “Hypercity Mumbai”, written by a dutch journalist callend Rob Vreeken. It is confirming the stated assumption. It also elaborates the situation:
Slums are divided into parts, which are controlled by ‘slumlords’. Generally these lords will have manage a population of 700 people. These lords are able to sell the votes of the people, giving the community revenue in form of money, licor or sari’s.
The assumption is one which is in the frame of the context, but general remark can be made that corruption in India is widespread. The case is that the source of the money which is used for buying the votes can come from anywhere.
