Impressed at the world-class medical services being provided at the Sports Injury Centre (SIC) in the National Capital, Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the Government was open to the idea of setting up more such facilities across the country to cater to needs of sportspersons for diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitative interventions.
“This centre is coming up very well creating an opportunity for the medical professionals to leave a mark in the field. But then there are threats too. As the number of patients increase, the delivery of medical care and its administrative capacity has be improved too likewise,” he said at fifth Foundation Day ceremony of the SIC.
The centre is unique in being a public-private model of partnership, a first under the Union Health Ministry where the investigative tests and management is under private firms while the Government contracts the doctors and support staff.
The SIC has not only been recognised as a referral centre for the sportspersons in training for the Rio Olympics but has also received international recognition for its various programs and its excellence in treating sports injuries, in addition to adopting innovative models of partnering with the private sector in parts of its operations such as diagnostics which has a revenue sharing component.
Adding another feather to its cap was launching of the Vacusport machine, a high-performance rehab equipment for accelerated tissue treatment post surgery at the centre and first in the country. The machine was launched by Nadda on Saturday. “The equipment is not only useful for treatment of sport injuries but also for enhancement of the performance of the athletes. Sport persons of international fame like Christiano Ronaldo and Tiger Woods have been beneffited from this treatment, said Deepak Chaudhary, Director of the Centre.