Investors and representatives participating in the Global Investors Summit here were informed about various strategies adopted for use of information technology in health and medical education sectors in Madhya Pradesh.
Principal Secretary Ajay Tirkey, Commissioner Health Pankaj Agrawal, Director Health Navneet Kothari and subject experts spoke at the 2 sessions — “Enabling Healthcare Infrastructure Service Delivery Efficiency” and “Revolutionising Healthcare Through IT”. On the occasion, entrepreneurs interested in investing in healthcare sector were informed about various beneficial provisions made by the state government for the investment in health sector.
Tirkey informed that free medicines are being provided without any discrimination to every person in rural and urban areas through universal health coverage. Giving details of various healthcare schemes in the state Tirkey said that special attention is also being paid to raising skilled human resources in health and medical education sectors in Madhya Pradesh. Conducting the first session, Commissioner Health Pankaj Agrawal informed that special package has also been chalked out in Madhya Pradesh for establishment of pharmaceutical industries. Director Health Navneet Kothari conducted the second session.
Experts also expressed their views at both the sessions. They included Rajesh Jain, Ravi Bhandari, Ahmedabad, Jaslok Hospital Mumbai’s CEO Sushri Tarang Gyanchandani, Rajesh Sharma of Narmada Group of Hospitals, Shabnam Singh and Raghuraman.