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Abstract: Health is called the true Wealth and a healthy body is the very basis of all human actions. Right to life as a natural, fundamental and human right has become an integral part of every positive legal order in the world. Right to Life is, in fact, incomplete without the health of individual .This right has been recognized internationally through various Declarations and Covenants by the efforts of United Nation, and in India by various legislative provisions. Indian Judiciary also has played a very active role in recognizing this right. Despite all these facts, the health problems that India faces are highly complex and challenging. It is still struggling with health hazards of communicable diseases, AIDS, cancer, Diabetes, Heart diseases that are further aggravated by widespread poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and ignorance. In India, aprox.1.5% of the GDP is spent on the health care, which is expected to be increased in the coming years to improve the health care in India. COVID 19 has proved a fatal blow to the entire World. The world has drastically changed during this pandemic. It has been observed that any such disease not only affects the health of people, but also the economy and over all development. This endemic has also brought new issues which need immediate attention, like threats of manmade viruses, proper distribution of medicines in the time of medical emergency, need of expansion of the infrastructure in the hospitals. It is a challenge before the government to take immediate steps in order to ensure the right to health to every citizen of India.