Some people think it is more important to spend public money on promoting healthy
lifestyle in order to prevent illness than to spend it on the treatment for people who are
already ill. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Of course it goes without saying that prevention is better than cure. That is why, in recent
years, there has been a growing body of opinion in favour of putting more resources into
promoting a healthy lifestyle. I agree that by promoting a healthy lifestyle, there will be
fewer people requiring treatment and thus the amount spent on curing ill health could be
reduced substantially.
As many modern diseases are a consequence of our lifestyles, one way of making savings to
the health budget would be to educate people about how to prevent expensive health
problems such as diabetes or heart disease. Most medical doctors today do not have the
time to (nor are they paid to) teach patients how to make these changes to their lifestyle
through diet or exercise. The government can take the help of pervasive media such as TV
and radio to educate people.
It is understandable that when people are sick they want the best medical treatment
possible, with access to the latest diagnostic equipment, expensive MRI scanners, for
example. If the problem is life threatening then we demand complex operations such as
open-heart surgery or organ transplants. Such procedures usually require intensive nursing
care and lengthy periods of hospitalization, which are costly.
Furthermore, there are many diseases which if diagnosed early through proper screening
tests can be treated very easily. For example cancer of the cervix can be diagnosed with a
very simple, inexpensive outdoor test called the pap smear. If the government spends a
little amount to provide such screening tests free of cast then a lot of money needed for
expensive treatments could be saved later on.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that it would be definitely worthwhile to divert the
health budget towards prevention of diseases. By doing so the nation would be healthier
and automatically the cost of treatment would be cut down. 
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