Transforming Primary Care Services

21-Jan-16 16:00

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Healthcare is one of the most basic services that must be afforded to everyone. In fact, the right to health is specified as one our basic human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet, despite the good intentions of healthcare service providers, the system is designed poorly, according to one physician. What does he mean by that? Meet the doctor who is trying to put the humanity back into healthcare: Dr Rushika Fernandopulle.

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Tags: Health, Healthcare, social enterprises, social entrepreneur, Primary Care, human rights

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