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Healthcare in India has two distinct faces, one that is meant for the rich and healthcare for the poor. While the former is comparable to what is available in much of the developed world, the poor people of India often have to make do with shabby healthcare, from doctors with little or no equipment conducting surgeries out in the open with the sun as their only source of light. Take the case of HIV/AIDS, for example, about $ 212,765,960 has been spent on AIDS prevention and control since 1992, but all the efforts have met with resounding failure(SAATHII). Over 4 million Indians are HIV positive, with the figure doubling since 1994(Census