The document discusses key thrust areas needed to address challenges in India's healthcare system and raise service quality and access. The thrust areas are infrastructure development, management and operations, capacity building and training, financing mechanisms, IT infrastructure, and materials management. It also notes India faces shortages in healthcare infrastructure, skilled medical resources, and hospital beds.

1. THRUST AREAS FOR
MEDICAL SERVICE

2. INTRODUCTION
 Today, the healthcare system in India faces a challenge in
raising the service quality and ensuring equitable access to
people while simultaneously gearing up its capabilities to
tackle the changing disease incidence profiles.
 This challenge needs to be addressed through a concerted
effort of both public and private sectors by their agreeing
on suitable public policy initiatives which incentivize
financing and provision of healthcare, and thereby
increase healthcare access to the people

3. OBSERVATIONS ON TRUST AREAS
 Infrastructure Development
 Management and Operations
 Capacity Building and Training
 Financing Mechanism
 IT Infrastructure
 Materials Management

4.  Infrastructure Development -
 Development and strengthening of healthcare infrastructure that is evenly
distributed geographically and at all levels of care
 Management and Operations - Management and operation of healthcare facilities
for technical efficiency, operational economy and quality
 Capacity Building and Training - Capacity building for formal, informal and
continuing education of professional, para-professional and ancillary staff engaged
in the delivery of healthcare
 Financing Mechanism - Creation of voluntary as well as mandated third-party
financing mechanisms
 IT Infrastructure - Establishment of national and regional IT backbones and health
data repositories for ready access to clinical information
 Materials Management - Development of a maintenance and supply chain for
ready availability of serviceable equipment and appliances, and medical supplies
and sundries at the point of care

5. HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
 The industry also requires highly skilled resources ranging
from doctors to other medical support staff like nurses,
lab technicians, pharmacists.
 India faces a severe resource shortage on both capital
invested and manpower as shown.
 India suffers from an acute shortage of hospital beds
with a bed ratio of 0.7 per 1,000 of population.