Healthcare model of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) is the only replicable model which should be emulated by other healthcare institutions, according to Union Health Minister JP Nadda. On the occasion of 60th Founder’s Day celebration at SGRH, the Minister on Tuesday said his Ministry is also studying SGRH mode.
“Models presented by private institutions like SGRH should be enunciated, elaborated and emulated. And, we want institutions like you to come and ‘adopt’, may be a small public health institution, and replicate the work done at your places,” Nadda said.
“This would be the real public-private-partnership, and I am not asking you to do it full time, but as they say, just adopt one small government health institution (hospital etc) and do the same work with same efficiency there, the surgeries, clinical works, among others,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Centre on Tuesday proposed to private health institutions to “adopt” small government-run hospitals and replicate their “successful model”, as witnessed at the city’s SGRH, in the public sector.
Nadda said his Ministry was also “thinking on those lines”, and wanted private bodies to be a partner in nation’s growth.
Nadda said, “SGRH is a leading trust run charitable hospital which is doing commendable work in providing quality health care to all sections of our society. I feel that there are two factors which make SGRH different from other private hospitals. One is the strong impetus given on teaching, training and research and secondly having a team approach in treatment of patients.
Besides this, the unique SGRH model where rich patients subsidise the treatment of poor is also praise worthy. “I urge you to develop good protocols and carry forward new innovations and research. You must sensitize the public representatives and show them how they can be a partner in it and contribute to it,” Nadda added.