No Public-Private Demarcation For Agenda Of Improving Healthcare In India: NITI Aayog

Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Government of India said that the public and private sectors in the healthcare sector have come together and are fully committed to serve the people of India, speaking at ‘FICCI HEAL 2019 – Health of Healthcare in India’, organised by FICCI supported by NITI Aayog and National Health Authority.

“Most important highlight of Ayushman Bharat is that it has now finally established ‘One India, one nation, one health sector’. Private-public demarcations are over once and for all. We are working together on agreed terms and methodologies through dialogue and systems with an endeavour to find solutions to the challenges of our healthcare system” he said.

He also said that strengthening human resources for the health sector is the key focus of the government, for which it does not differentiate between public and private sectors. The government is working to establish 75 additional medical colleges in the next 4-5 years largely through PPP models for district hospitals and other mechanisms. This is in addition to the creation of 82 medical colleges that began 5 years ago.

Dr Paul further said that with the reforms in the health sector, a consortium of private players can now set up a medical college unlike in the past when a medical college had to be established by a single entity. He urged the private sector to use their resources for training specialists to help achieve the aspired numbers. – Business Standard