Gandhinagar: Highlighting figures from the Union govt’s recent report, “Household Social Consumption: Health”, the state unit of the Congress party alleged that people’s trust in the govt health set-up is decreasing. The survey was conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) from Jan to Dec, 2025.Party spokesperson Parthivrajsinh Kathavadia told reporters at the GPCC headquarters on Tuesday that in Gujarat’s rural areas, 28.2% of patients got treated in govt hospitals, 59.5% in private hospitals and the rest in hospitals run by NGOs or charitable trusts. In urban areas, 23.5% of the patients chose govt hospitals, while 69.5% were treated in private hospitals.He added that in rural Gujarat, 42.5% of children are born in govt hospitals, while 51.5% are born in private hospitals while in urban areas of the state, 32.9% of children are born in govt hospitals, while 63.5% are born in private hospitals.“People’s trust in Gujarat’s public health service has declined due to a lack of facilities and a shortage of doctors, forcing them to rely on private healthcare. The report also highlights significant economic disparities in healthcare costs between rural and urban areas in Gujarat,” he said.The average expenditure for hospitalized patients was Rs 28,516 in rural areas and Rs 53,747 in urban areas, he added.
