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April 2018
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an aim to
increase the share of healthcare sector in the countrys gross domestic product
(GDP) to 2.5 per cent, Union minister Rajnath Singh said today. The Total Investment & Insurance
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In his address at the Founders Day celebrations of the
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here, the home minister also asserted that the
government considered the private sector as a "strategic partner" in
its endeavour to achieve universal healthcare and health cover to all citizens.
"In a country of 125 crore people it is not an easy
job to provide healthcare to all. There are various challenges which we have to
meet...When it comes to governments expenditure, our healthcare sector accounts
for 1.16 per cent of the GDP. The Total
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"But, I want to assure you, and our prime minister
also talks about it. And, the PM has aimed that the GDP share of the healthcare
sector should be increased to 2.5 per cent, and for that expenditure can be
made," Singh said.
The minister, in his speech, also hailed Sir Ganga Ram
and his legacy, saying he is remembered both in India and Pakistan for his
contribution, despite the partition in 1947. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Highlighting the challenges in terms of number of doctors
and nurses, and infrastructural needs, Singh said, the government wanted to
"encourage investment in this field". The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
"If one looks at the current scenario in India, we
have 0.6 doctors per thousand of population and 0.8 nurses per thousand of
population, while the number of beds per thousand stands at 1.5. And, the
situation is not so good at global level too," he said. The Total Investment & Insurance
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"So, we want to encourage investment in the
preventive and promotive (healthcare) sector. We see the private sector as
strategic partners in our endeavour to provide universal healthcare," the
minister said.
On the occasion, the home minister also inaugurated an
11-storeyed car parking facility and laid foundation stone of a radiotherapy
and OPD block in the SGRH premises. The
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Sir Ganga Ram, an engineer by profession, was born on
April 13, 1851 in a village in Punjab province of British India. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
He established the SGRH in 1920s in Lahore which still
functions by the same name, even after partition. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The SGRH in Delhi was inaugurated in 1954 by then prime
minister Jawaharlal Nehru. PTI KND GJS GJS KJ KJ.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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