To achieve more cost-effective healthcare solutions, Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda called for more public-private partnerships to leverage technology.

While addressing the Ministerial Session at FICCI HEAL, Nadda said the biggest challenge for the government was to provide quality and affordable healthcare services in far-flung corners of the country as healthcare services were concentrated in urban areas and not available to vulnerable sections of the society.

In this endeavour to provide accessible and affordable healthcare across the country, he said the private sector needs to help create a common platform for public and private players that could help enhance qualitative and quantitative aspects of healthcare services.

He further urged private sector players to focus on primary healthcare in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Harshavardhan Neotia, President, FICCI, sought the government’s help to ‘ease’ business for private players in the healthcare space and said the exemption from service tax enjoyed by the industry currently should continue when Goods and Services Tax comes into force.

He also requested help in getting banks to provide low-interest loans and long-term moratorium to healthcare providers.

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