Comprehensive Health Program; the First Priority

Population growth, climatic conditions, industrial progresses and mechanical life has led to a situation in which human life is jeopardized, more than not far ago.
Through medical achievements, treatment of many diseases and new prevention and treatment methods have been discovered. However, contemporary life style and bad food diets resulting from modern and complicated urban life problems are posing new and unpredictable diseases to the society.
On the other hand, natural unanticipated events and accidents caused by transportation and traffic throughout the world, especially in our country with a high rate of unpredictable incidences such as earthquake and flood, have caused many new worries and drawbacks. Therefore, our health system needs serious support, more than ever.
In the present situation, the risk management in the field of health system necessitates devising comprehensive programs and allocating the relevant budget.
Provision of national healthcare is obviously among the most important aspects of social life and seconded to education, must undoubtedly be allocated the highest budget for the healthcare purposes. But what is happening in action is contrary to this fact, which results in the national healthcare system’s shortage of budget and many related problems every year.
Population growth, the growing social expectations from healthcare system, and the probability of unpredictable incidences do not match up with the allocated budget to this field. If such negligence goes on, we will be held responsible for any problems arising for future generations.
Meanwhile, provision of medical equipment and managing its optimal nationwide distribution is of a great importance. The procurement and allocation of resources on the basis of priorities of various districts, considering the maintenance, man power training and other services, along with establishment of secure logistics, are issues which should be among the first priorities of a comprehensive health program in our country.
We hope that our health officials will have a true understanding of the real necessities in this field, and that planning a comprehensive healthcare program, they would allocate the proportional budget, all based on the risk management principles and, of course, as one of the first priorities. Regretting for the lost opportunities will be of no use.