Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, on Tuesday said that Government is committed to providing quality healthcare within the country and outside through promoting the service sector.
Speaking through video-conferencing at the ‘Advantage Health Care — India 2018’ (4th International Summit on Medical Value Travel) he said, “We have set aside almost Rs 5,000 crore or approximately 700 million dollars for enhancing the overall services sector including healthcare.”
According to Sudhanshu Pandey, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, providing affordable and accessible healthcare facilities is extremely.
“Our efforts in India have been to reduce the cost of healthcare services, while we take our journey towards universal coverage, we try to offer and share our resources with the global citizens,” he said.
The experts present in the conference also said that India is unmatched when it comes to giving cost effective medical treatment to foreign patients.
Sangita Reddy, Vice President, FICCI & Executive Director Apollo Hospitals Group said, “India is unparalleled in delivering quality medical care at one tenth of the global cost, and aims to transform this sector so that India becomes an epicenter of Medical Value Travel.”
India does not only provide cost effective treatment but the quality is also not compromised upon, said the experts.
On the occasion ‘FICCI-EY Knowledge Paper on Medical Tourism in India’ was also released by FICCI in association with Ernst and Young.
The dignitaries at the two-day conference and exhibition included Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI; Dr Shohani Ramzi, Head International Relation, Health Ministry of Iraq; Suranjan Gupta, Executive Director, EEPC India; Dr Harish Pillai, Co-Chair — FICCI Medical Value Tourism (MVT) Committee & CEO Aster Hospitals & Clinics, India at Aster DM Healthcare.
The event is being organised by FICCI jointly with the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
