India has made rapid strides in the health sector since independence. However, various eye opening data from NFHS clearly indicate that access to healthcare still remains a challenge.

While the health statistics of rural India continue to be poor, the health status and access to health for the poor in urban slum dwellers has surfaced to be equally deplorable and have less than 4% of government primary healthcare facilities.

India's constitution guarantees free health care for all its citizens. All government hospitals are required to provide free of cost healthcare facilities to the patients. The health care system in India is universal. That being said, there is a great discrepancy in the quality and coverage of medical treatment in India. Healthcare between states and rural and urban areas can be vastly different.

According to the United Nations, in India due to absence of quality health care

About 48 out of every 1,000 newborns die before reaching the age of five. It is one of the highest under-five child mortality rates in South Asia (behind Afghanistan at 91 and Pakistan at 81). In terms of numbers, India has the largest share of global under-five deaths at 1.3 million annually.

Dil Se Mehek, with Project Finanacial Aid helps marginalized children to enjoy their constitutional right to quality health care. Under the shadow of the program, the trust provides monetary aid to poor parents to pay hospital bills, surgeries and other medical expenses of their children.