Study: How Distance Blocks Healthcare for India’s Elderly

Imagine being over 60 and having to travel 14 kilometres for a routine check-up and more than 40 kilometres for a hospital bed; a new study in a journal, The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, shows this is normal for India’s 138 million older adults, exposing how sheer distance—more than cost or doctors—now dictates whether they receive care at all.