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As stated by various health surveys, including the 2018 report, Kerala leads many other states in having high healthcare standards and life expectancy rates, a low maternal mortality rate, and the lowest infant mortality rate in the country

The state is ageing rapidly, and with that comes a higher morbidity rate. Patterns of health-seeking behaviour here are also markedly different from the rest of the country.

With little space left to walk or play, nearly 70 per cent of the population is physically inactive. The impact is stark: among those above 20, every second person is now either diabetic or hypertensive or both

At the beginning of this decade, during a medical conference, a doctor from Kerala was approached with an unusual request. An agent representing

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