The year 2020 will witness an “inflection point” in the UK-India healthcare collaboration as the Covid-19 pandemic has brought collaboration in medicine to the centrestage, outgoing Consul General of India in Birmingham Dr Aman Puri has said.
In an interview to PTI on the eve of his departure from the West Midlands region of England, Puri reflected on the recently-launched West Midlands India Partnership (WMIP) to boost India-UK investment flows and flagged the healthcare sector as a particular focus of bilateral ties amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“My sense is that 2020 will witness an inflection point in the UK-India healthcare collaboration. Covid-19 has brought healthcare centerstage, and the need for collaborations has been realised by all stakeholders more than ever before,” said Puri.