Private sector urged to train specialists
India needs a cohesive strategy to address issues faced by the healthcare sector while the private sector should play a pivotal role in training specialists, said an expert at an industry conference.
“We need to develop a cohesive strategy to address the issues we are facing reiterated (in the healthcare sector),” Dr Randeep Guleria, Chairman CII Public Health Council and Director All India Institute of Medical Sciences said at the “India Healthcare Week” on 17 August 2020.
The private healthcare sector needs to play a more pivotal role in training specialists, doctors and high-quality nurses to ensure we achieve a robust and cohesive healthcare infrastructure, added Dr Vinod Paul, Member, NITI Aayog.
He also underlined the need to augment the healthcare infrastructure and try to reach 2 beds per 1,000 people by 2025.
The path-breaking Ayushman Bharat as served the people of India effectively. However, there are several supply-side concerns that need to be addressed, stressed Dr Paul
The experts gave insight into the challenges being faced by the sector at the “Redefining Healthcare Ecosystem” conference held on 17 August by CII in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Ayush.
“The quality of our rural infrastructure is poor, and our priority needs to be focused on the improvement of rural healthcare infrastructure through government facilities and nursing homes, along with improved manpower, while developing our district-level capabilities,” Dr Paul elaborated at the CII Public Health Conference.
Inaugurating the conference, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, said, “This is the most opportune moment we find ourselves in and all the schemes of the government are indirectly contributing to and ensuring we have optimum conditions to provide the ideal environment to eliminate TB.”
“As TB usually affects the poorer sections of the population due to the lack of hygienic conditions, congestions and deprivation of nutrition, I must congratulate CII for their focused efforts on TB augmenting the government’s efforts to eliminate TB by 2025,” appreciated Dr Vardhan.
Noting the poor quality rural infrastructure, the experts called for priority in focus on the improvement of rural healthcare infrastructure through government facilities and nursing homes, along with improved manpower, while developing district-level capabilities.
CII’s public health agenda will be the highest on the list, assured Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry.
“We will work together and meet the huge challenge in front of us. It is not appropriate to expect everything to be done by the government, we expect participation and collaboration from other stakeholders, and this is where CII can come in and contribute to the development of the sector,” he stressed.
The inaugural session also launched the CII TB free workplaces campaign, a 3-year-long campaign to ensure to TB free workplace. This includes a teaching app, a web portal to engage the industry and a best-practices compendium.
Also released was the CII Vision Document on ‘Strengthening Public Health Delivery – Role of Multiple Stakeholders’.
The conference had 30+ Knowledge sessions on a wide range of issues that cut across the healthcare spectrum looking to develop a cohesive industry engagement with core cross-sectoral policy dialogues and strategic exchanges. It also had over 50+ exhibitors showcasing the latest technologies disrupting the sector in a bid to re-strategize the nations’ healthcare ecosystem.
CII said it is committed to the vision of putting India back on the map, with the Indian healthcare leading the way.
Experts from the Government and industry have come together at the Healthcare Week to help re-strategize the restoration of the nation’s healthcare infrastructure, and research & development facilities. #healthcare #hospital #specialist #nurses #doctors #expertise #technologies /fiinews.com
