India, July 1 -- Findings call for health system reforms, provider training, and better patient support mechanisms
New Delhi - Researchers at The George Institute for Global Health India have identified key areas where India's health system can improve support for patients seeking care for burn injuries. The study, based in Uttar Pradesh, explores how burn survivors experience stigma and discrimination within healthcare settings and proposes a set of policy and practice recommendations to address these gaps.
The research is the first of its kind study globally that specifically aimed to assess stigma faced by burn patients in hospitals and healthcare settings.
Even as survival rates have increased with better medical care, the study sugg...