"Prevention is better than cure". Researching and treating diseases is too costly. So it would be better to invest in preventive measure To what extent do you agree?
There are two competing philosophies in the healthcare and pharma industries. One is to spend enough resources on both
cure
and prevention
and the latter is to concentrate mainly on the prevention
part as it yields long term benefits. However
, in my opinion, while I agree that prevention
is a better long-term strategy, there must be sufficient expenditure on the healing aspect as well. Also
, it would be cost-effective as well.
Firstly
, there are millions of people who are already suffering from existing ailments, some of which are fatal. If most of the resources are spent on preventive measures for which there could be cheaper alternatives (for example
Condoms for HIV), then
millions of patients who are already suffering will meet apply certain death.
Secondly
, preventive medicine also
needs a backup of treatment. There were instances of failure on the preventive medicine part. Considering this
, to eliminate a disease, wherever possible, a strategy with a combination of prevention
and cure
should be deployed.
Thirdly
, it is not cost-effective to deploy all the eggs in one basket as well. Invested by organizations or not, the public expenditure would grow exponentially if a cure
is not found in time. In addition
to this
, valuable productive hours of the working class would be lost. Compared to this
, the research spending would be much lesser.
To conclude, while preventive medicine is a better way of dealing with a disease in
the long run, investing in a Add the comma(s)
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cure
for it augments the welfare of patients and it will be cheaper as well.Submitted by vlcanyldrm on
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