Inaugurating the of ICC 3rd Odisha Healthcare Summit-cum-Expo, Minister, MSME, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti, Prafulla Samal said, “Our Government is trying to provide curative and preventive health services to all.”
He said the Government wants to ensure qualitative healthcare to all disadvantageous groups and referred to its healthcare services like Nidan, Niramaya, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, etc., and claimed that through these schemes the Government provides maximum health services to people free of cost.
Health Director Dr Braja Kishore Brahma said, “India spends 1.01 per cent of GDP on health. But it is necessary to enhance the spending capacity to at least 5-6 per cent of GDP to ensure minimum healthcare services to all citizens.”
He called for more private investment in healthcare.
AMRI Group of Hospitals CEO Rupak Barua welcomed the initiative by the Government to set up 20 hospitals through the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, which is expected to bring in investment of at least Rs 1,000 crore in the private sector and ensure direct employment for 10,000 people in the paramedical sector.