promoting the healthy lifestyle or the treatment

To maintain a good lifestyle is to avoid any ailment from occurring. However, when a person falls ill, treatment should be immediate and effective. A healthy lifestyle as well as timely medical attention and cure for any illness are, therefore, equally important.

For every individual, personal well-being should be their main concern, as no one wants to suffer from any kind of illness. Therefore, I feel that it is the responsibility of the government to promote its citizens to lead a healthy and sound life. A case in point is the pandemic H l N 1. The government has set up an early warning system to advise the citizens how to avoid contracting and therefore limiting the spread of the virus. To create a healthy lifestyle for citizens, the government needs to utilise all its resources aiming at promoting healthy life habits and minimising the possibilities for people to get sick: national and local health campaigns should be introduced and maintained to educate the public about healthy lifestyles as well as the dangers of smoking or drinking- among many other examples.

What is equally important is that the government should offer universal medical care for those who do become ill. Humans can suffer from various kinds of diseases and entitlement to social welfare is every citizen’s right. The government should take all reasonable measures available and possible to help those who are sick.

To encourage people to have a healthy lifestyle and to offer responsible medical care should go hand in hand as they are complementary to each other and therefore both should be a part of government policy. (266 words)