Hygiene in Healthcare

In nine out of ten cases, the criteria for choosing a hospital by any individual would be the medical facilities offered therein. However, when the situation is critical, any hospital in the vicinity becomes the first choice and in a life-and-death situation the scope for making a choice would be limited. Given a choice, how many of us would actually look at how clean the hospital is inside-out? Would we go for a private set up rather than a Government one because it is supposed to be “cleaner”? Are all private hospitals actually hygienic or do they just look “clean”? Mohana M explores…