CII Healthcare Report Released
Will adopt digital health technologies to cater to rural poor: Dr Deepak Sawant
The Government of Maharashtra (GoM) is planning to launch two healthcare schemes for the people of the state – Mahatma Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MPJA Yojana) and Balasaheb Thackeray Accident Benefit Scheme, said Dr Deepak Sawant, Minister - Public Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Maharashtra at the CII Healthcare Conclave 2017 organised by theConfederation of Indian Industry (CII).
“Our MPJA Yojana will come with newly added processes and procedures. It is a unique and largest scheme in India to be launched in a course of time. We are also working on an insurance scheme for the poor with orange ration cards. The scheme will cover about 2.43 crore families in the state,” the Maharashtra minister said.
The accident insurance scheme covers all accidents happening on the roads of Maharashtra and provides Rs 30,000 of cover to be paid to beneficiaries in a span of 48-72 hours from the time of the accident, Dr Sawant added.
Proposing adoption of digital health technologies extensively in the state, Dr Sawant said, “We are planning to adopt digital health technologies, particularly for reaching out to patients in the remote areas. That is the approach the govt is taking. As far as I know, IT could be a good solution for this.” The minister has sought the technical support from the industry in this regard.
While stating that lack of sufficient number of skilled manpower in healthcare sector, including doctors, was hampering delivery of services sufficiently, Dr Sawant suggested ‘telemedicine’ as a solution backed by appropriate technology for catering to patients in remote areas.
For expediting these projects, Dr Sawant has asked CII to form a core group of professionals and experts, forthwith.
Mr Colin Wells, British Deputy High Commissioner, British Deputy High Commission, cited the first Indo-UK Institute of Health (IUIH), launched in Nagpur a few days back as a sterling example of Indo-UK joint initiatives in healthcare segment. The plan includes setting up of such 1,000-bed hospitals across the country with an investment of Rs 17,600 crore into India’s health care system.
Hailing the National Health Policy 2017 as having the potential to bring in a paradigm shift in the India’s healthcare services, Mr Joy Chakraborty, Chairman, CII WR Core Group on Healthcare, Chief Operating Officer, P D Hinduja Hospital, said that it has proposed an important role for the private sector in fulfilling healthcare needs in the country.
The policy has also proposed to increase the budgetary allocation for the sector to 2.5 per cent by 2025 from 1.1 per cent at present.
Mr Amit Mookim, Consulting Head, South Asia, IMS Health, the author of the book titled, ‘Digital Health: Transforming Healthcare’, which was released at the conference, said that the mobile smart phones have the potential to transform healthcare the way it did to banking till now.
Dr Vivek Desai, Member, CII WR Core Group on Healthcare, highlighted the emergence of NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) based healthcare providers as a force to reckon with, of late, besides government and private sectors.
23 August 2017
Mumbai
Photo Caption :
Deepak Sawant Hon’ble Minister - Public Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Maharashtra released CII Healthcare Report: Digital Health : Transforming Healthcare
In Photo :
· Dr Deepak Sawant, Minister - Public Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Maharashtra
· Joy Chakraborty, Chairman, CII WR Core group on Healthcare and COO, PD Hinduja Hospital
· Colin Wells, British Deputy High Commissioner
· Rishi Bagla, Chairman CII Maharashtra State
· Dr Saugat Mukherjee, CII Regional Director
· Kewal Handa, No Executive Chairman Union Bank of India
· Amit Mookim, MD South Asia QuintilesIMS
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organized the Premier edition ofHealthcare Conclave 2017 to divulge into the changing ideas and schemes of the Healthcare Industry. The Conclave is being supported by The Ministry of Public Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Medical Education, Government of Maharashtra.
The Union Cabinet has approved the National Health Policy, 2017 (NHP, 2017). The Policy seeks to reach everyone in a comprehensive integrated way to move towards wellness. It aims at achieving universal health coverage and delivering quality health care services to all at affordable cost. This Policy looks at problems and solutions holistically with private sector as strategic partners. It seeks to promote quality of care, focus is on emerging diseases and investment in promotive and preventive healthcare.
