New Delhi|HL
Private hospitals should establish their centre at semi-rural areas,in order to ensure accessibility to health services for patients said Union Health Minister J P Nadda.
Such an arrangement would help in plugging the health gaps in the country to a great extent and to envision that universal healthcare remain as a reality and not a mirage, he said at the 13th India Health Summit 2016, organised by CII here.
“I urge the private institutions to establish their outfits in semi-rural areas to ensure accessibility to people there and also make the cost of treatment affordable.
“At the same time, it should also be an economically viable proposition for the hospitals to function from such centres,” the Minister said.
The Minister stressed that there are well defined terms of reference for achieving universal healthcare.
“What we need is freezing these terms of reference and focus on implementation. A pragmatic approach has to be taken for funding and capacity building to achieve the goals in a given time frame. That only can help in making our goals real as distinct from a mirage,” Nadda added.
