India also has a parallel subsidized healthcare system of Government-operated hospitals, in which you can receive treatment at much lower costs, or often, for f

India also has a parallel subsidized healthcare system of Government-operated hospitals, in which you can receive treatment at much lower costs, or often, for free. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_hospital#India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_hospital#India) However, the waiting lines for everything from a basic consultation to an actual procedure are much longer, and the standard of care seems to be lesser, so a lot of people from the middle and upper classes avoid them. [Edit: parent comment seems to have been deleted, it mentioned the average figure for Indian per capita income, and asked whether most Indians could afford a procedure like this.]