19-Jan-18, ET Healthworld
There is an urgent need to strengthen medical insurance coverage in the country and develop talent in the healthcare sector, private players have said ahead of the upcoming Union Budget 2018-19 in India.
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As an instrument of change, the budget can create more avenues for a major play for private public partnerships for wider coverage of quality healthcare in the country, they said.
"There is a huge need to strengthen our healthcare sector to the growing disease burden of the country. While the proactive steps taken by the government in this regard are a good start, the budget should continue to embark on this path," Fortis Healthcare CEO Bhavdeep Singh said.