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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on April 13, 2018, said the Government is promoting the emergence of India as a medical destination to the world. Addressing the 127th Founder’s Day Celebrations of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, Rajnath said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has taken several steps towards boosting medical tourism such as extending e-Visa to 161 countries. Besides, the MHA has extended the duration of stay on e-Visa from 30 to 60 days and also allowed triple entry in e-Medical Visa cases.
Speaking about the Health Sector, Rajnath said in a country of 125 crore people, providing healthcare to all is a huge challenge. ” We have very skewed doctor-patient ratio. If we see Health Sector spending, it constitutes just 1.16 % of the GDP. But we are determined to increase it significantly, at least to 2.5 %,” he said.
The Home Minister said given the huge income disparity in India, PM Narenda Modi introduced the Ayushman Bharat scheme to provide the best healthcare to the poor and needy. He said Ayushman Bharat is the National Health Protection Scheme, which will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing medical insurance cover up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.
The Union Home Minister said providing universal healthcare will not be possible without the participation of the private sector. “ You will agree that whereas people should get affordable healthcare, they should also get universal health cover. To ensure Care and Cover both, we need huge investment in health sector. This can happen only with active contribution of private sector,” he said and added, “We see private sector in health sector as our strategic partner.”
Rajnath said the basic rule for good health is hygiene and the Swachh Bharat Mission has been launched by the Prime Minister as the first step towards achieving the goal of universal healthcare.
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