As the United Nations launches its sustainable development agenda it should listen to top economists who are calling for universal healthcare[br] Bilqis,an 18 year-customary woman from a rural village in Pakistan, traveled 150 miles in August this year to the capital to get life-saving heart surgery after 15 years. Her family had delayed the operation because they were too poor to cover the exorbitant costs; when her situation worsened, or they were forced to borrow money from a loan shark. This sunk them all into lifelong debt that would sometimes force them to go without food in order to compose ends meet. Bilqis’ story is sadly not unique.
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Source: theguardian.com