{"id":116312,"date":"2021-07-03T20:44:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=116312"},"modified":"2021-07-05T09:50:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T04:20:03","slug":"how-a-ppp-can-overhaul-indias-health-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-a-ppp-can-overhaul-indias-health-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"How a PPP can overhaul India\u2019s health infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.timesgroup.com\/Olive\/ODN\/TimesOfIndia\/PrintArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F07%2F03&amp;entity=ar02114&amp;ts=20210703010115&amp;uq=20210618124342&amp;mode=text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: Public and private sectors can work together to modernise the Indian healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in India\u2019s healthcare system. But it has also presented an opportunity to change the healthcare landscape.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Present needs for the Indian healthcare system:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>India can get ICU beds, ventilators and machines. But a large, <strong>well-trained healthcare workforce<\/strong> is critical to run them.<\/li>\n<li>Further, India also needs <strong>affordable medical education<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare is <strong>highly capital intensive and labour-intensive<\/strong>. So, the government has to figure out schemes whereby <strong>out-of-pocket expenses can be reduced<\/strong>, whether it is through <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ayushman-bharat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayushman Bharat<\/a>, community health schemes or CSR funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Why we need the PPP model in the health care system?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The private sector accounts for more than 70% of India\u2019s healthcare market. So, the PPP model can <strong>expand access to healthcare<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human capital, financial capital and management<\/strong> are scarce in the government sector, the Private can complement that.<\/li>\n<li>Expanding India\u2019s healthcare infrastructure also presents an <strong>opportunity for the private sector<\/strong>. Further, a lot of private healthcare is provided by smaller setups \u2013 10-20 beds run by individual doctors. So there is a huge opportunity for private healthcare players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Suggestions to improve healthcare in India:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical debt forces 66 lakh families below the poverty line every year. Now insurance schemes like Ayushman Bharat are in place, <strong>digitising the scheme<\/strong> is the next step. This will make <strong>healthcare interoperable<\/strong> across India.<\/li>\n<li>India <strong>needs to reduce its import dependence<\/strong>. About 30-35% of our hospital project cost is medical equipment and technology. For a long time, India has relied on international brands for equipment such as MRIs, CTs and ultrasounds. So,\u00a0India needs to <strong>build up its own manufacturing capacity<\/strong> for equipment and Vaccines.\n<ul>\n<li>Eventually, it will make India the manufacturing hub of the world for medical devices rather than importing them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The government aimed to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jal-jeevan-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drinking water to every rural household by 2024<\/a>. India can have a programme like this for a massive upswing over the next few years in health infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Times of India Relevance: Public and private sectors can work together to modernise the Indian healthcare system. Synopsis: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in India\u2019s healthcare system. But it has also presented an opportunity to change the healthcare landscape. Present needs for the Indian healthcare system: India can get ICU beds, ventilators&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-a-ppp-can-overhaul-indias-health-infrastructure\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How a PPP can overhaul India\u2019s health infrastructure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,215],"class_list":["post-116312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-health","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}