According to sources country's Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called for public-private partnership (PPP) to provide affordable treatment to the needy and poor in the countryside. He said "We cannot have two India’s, with cities having state-of-the art facilities and rural areas lagging behind. We need a collaborative public-private partnership to remedy the situation on priority".
Meanwhile Naidu in his address at the 20th convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) said "The urban-rural divide in healthcare needs urgent attention and action. Moreover the healthcare sector calls for participation of all stakeholders and use of innovation to bridge intent and execution. However, the private sector health facilities must not only be accessible to the needy and poor, but must also be affordable".
Naidu added "One in every four graduates in the world will most
likely be the product of Indian education system and if we can improve the
quality of higher education, we can leverage the demographic dividend for the
benefit of the society." Furthermore it was set up in 1996 by the
Karnataka government and the RGUHS is among the largest health sciences
universities in the country.
