Vice President calls for greater participation of private sector in strengthening health infrastructure

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday emphasised the need for greater private sector participation in strengthening healthcare infrastructure in India. Noting that catering to India’s healthcare needs is a stupendous task, he called upon the private sector to complement the government efforts and take “medical profession and allied activities as a mission”.

He made the remarks while inaugurating the new Mahajan Imaging facility in Safdarjung Development Area in New Delhi.

Naidu said that making world-class health infrastructure and diagnostics accessible to people is the need of the hour and that high-standard diagnostics will enable doctors to diagnose more accurately and make safer interventions.

Highlighting the worrying trend of increasing non-communicable diseases in India, Naidu urged the medical fraternity in the private sector to create awareness among people, particularly the youth, on the dangers posed by a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy dietary habits. Naidu appealed to the people to shun a sedentary lifestyle and adopt a healthy way of living.