Lok Sabha Speaker urges public-private collaboration to ensure quality healthcare reaches last person
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called for public-private collaboration, medical research, and wider access to affordable healthcare at Ashoka Health City in Nashik.
AI generated- Om Birla inaugurated Ashoka Health City in Nashik, Maharashtra, and urged public-private collaboration for quality healthcare access.
- Ashoka Health City was presented as a healthcare institution serving Nashik and the wider North Maharashtra region.
- The newly inaugurated institution includes a Mother and Child Hospital and was used to emphasise the need to reduce infant mortality.
- Om Birla called for research and innovation facilities alongside treatment services and for research centres in universities and colleges.
What happened
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated Ashoka Health City in Nashik, Maharashtra and said that quality healthcare must reach the last person in society. He called for cooperation between the Government and private institutions to expand affordable and quality healthcare access.
Birla said the institution should combine treatment with research and innovation, including facilities alongside its Mother and Child Hospital, cancer care, and super-speciality services.
UPSC may frame this as a question on how India can combine State capacity and private investment to expand affordable healthcare, strengthen tertiary care, and build research-led health systems while ensuring rural and last-mile access.
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