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India poised to serve the world's fastest growing region through healthcare convergence
Oct 17, 2019

Asia Health 2019 provides a platform for all the stakeholders within the industry to converge creating a conducive and holistic environment to ensure the welfare of our nation’s population as well as position India as a leader in Healthcare Delivery in the Asia region. CII organized ASIA HEALTH 2019 from 16th -18th October at New Delhi.

At the inaugural of Asia Health 2019, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare delivered the keynote address highlighting that a preventive and promotive approach towards health is very important and should accompany a proper medical education for the patient. For a country as big as India, implementing Ayushman Bharat is highly laudable.” He reflected on the government’s commitment towards tuberculosis by eradicating in the next few years.   In India major burden is from communicable diseases which can be addressed by preventive and promotive methods.

Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State, Ministry of Development of NER(IC); PMO Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space spoke on the importance of technology in healthcare saying “The Indian healthcare sector is evolving and so is the way healthcare services being delivered. It is necessary to strike a balance between human interference and artificial intelligence The market for artificial intelligence and telemedicine are expanding and have the potential to change the way healthcare services is being delivered.”

Mr. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State-Health and Family Welfare in his keynote address related to Emerging Health Challenges said, Ayushman Bharat is a scheme that focuses on Preventive, promotive, qualitative and affordable healthcare and how one’s prakriti and paryavaran (nature and environment) can be utilized in promotion of healthcare and India is very rich in this aspect. MoS also laid emphasis on the importance of AYUSH system of medicine to deal with this aspect of healthcare.

17 October 2019

New Delhi

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