Category: HealthPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

здравоохранение

/zdravookhraneniye/Roman

English meaning: Healthcare

Definition

The organized provision of medical care. The Soviet Semashko healthcare model — free universal healthcare financed by the state — was adopted by several developing countries including India's public health architecture. Russia faces public health challenges — life expectancy (68 for men) is low by European standards. Russia developed the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, with India producing it.

Example

Советская модель здравоохранения повлияла на системы здравоохранения многих развивающихся стран.

In English: The Soviet healthcare model influenced the health systems of many developing countries.

Literary Heritage

Когда нет настоящей жизни, то живут миражами.

/Kogda net nastoyashchey zhizni, to zhivut mirazhami./

When there is no real life, people live by mirages.

Антон Чехов · Playwright and physician · Late 19th century

Палата №6

Chekhov, Ward No. 6 (Палата №6, 1892), Ch. 7

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