Health Sector in India - Possibilities & Growth

1. Submitted by:
Sweta Pandey PRN: 1302041056
Banbhalang Kharpuri PRN: 1302041012
Taru Bakshi PRN: 1302041058

2. Preview of the health sector of a Country
Background of India’s Health Reforms
India’s health sector with respect to the top nations in the world
Major challenges for India in the Health Sector
What is being done to solve the challenges at hand?
Major Health care deals that has boost the health sector
Strategies
Conclusion

3. •Table of Contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements
so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being
taken to solve these
challenges
•Investment
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical
Tourism
•Strategy #2:
Investment
•Strategy # 3:
Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading
now?
•Conclusion
•Universal
Access to basic needs
•Providing training & development of health
professionals.
• Research & Development
• Curb endemics, epidemics and pandemics.
• Reducing mortality and the likely disease load
(ex: TB, AIDS,HEPATITIS)
• Attention to vulnerable areas & sections
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•Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Death rate reduced.
Average life-expectancy increased
Several deadly diseases have been
eradicated
A chain of National Laboratories and
Research Centers
Number of hospitals and dispensaries has
increased to 68396.

5. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Investment
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Lack of trained doctors, physicians & nurses
Lack of medical infrastructure
Health Status and risks
Issue of malnutrition
Unequal distribution of resources and issue of low
cost but effective medical care
Lack of contribution by the society
Even though there is 100% FDI allowed in the
health sector, there is still not enough inflow.

6. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Investment
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Infrastructure status conferred
on healthcare industry
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Budgetary allocation to
healthcare – Rs 37330 (in
crores) from Rs 29272 (in
crores)
‰ depreciation.
40%
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Income tax exemption and
reduce duties.

7. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Investment
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Apollo recently launched a telemedicine
service
India's largest private sector general insurer,
referred to another innovative governmentsponsored, public-private effort to provide
health insurance to India's poor.
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (or national
health insurance program)
Tata Chemicals recently launched what
is called "a water filter appropriate for the
needs of the country.“

8. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Investment
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Investment refers to the amount of expenditure as a
percentage of GDP being directed towards the health
sector.
To cater to a population of 1 Billion, it is evident that
the amount of investment allocted is not enough. Also,
to increase the level of investment, private investment
has to be promoted with incentives, tax benefits, etc.

9. Medical
Tourism
Infrastructure
 Organ
Donation
Strategies
Retaining the
Doctors
Reduction of
Taxes

10. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Medical Tourism Definition
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Strategies
Collaboration with the countries top institutions
in health care for training
Translators in every hospital
Provide transportation system
Setting up accounts for convenient transfer of
follow up documents
International Village
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11. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Pros
This can be used as an incentive to develop our
local medical capacities in terms of human as
well as in terms of infrastructure.
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Cons
This will create diversion of resources in terms
of human as well as material that is available to
citizens of our country.

12. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s
•Major
achievements so far
Challenges
•Action
currently being taken to
solve these challenges
•Major
health care deals boosting
the economy
•Investment
•Strategies
•Strategy
#1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy
# 2: Retaining Doctors
•Strategy
#3 : Infrastructure
•Strategy
#4: Organ Donation
•Strategy
#5: Society Integration
•Where
are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Recognition
Salaries at par
Career development
Incentives
◦ Low interest loans
◦ Hardship allowance
◦ School Fees for dependence
Collaboration

13. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Infrastructure meaning
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Strategy:
Direct investments into infrastructure.
Integrated Data System
Give incentives to the private players to take
over for eg. To make Sanitation facilities
available in the rural areas; incentives such as
tax breaks, etc.
Training & educating regarding family health
care, family planning, rain water harvesting,
personal hygiene.
Reduce import duty on medical equipments to
prompt quality medical infrastructure
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14. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
Pros:
Improve in health sanitation
 Increased availability of trained medical staff and
proper sensitization
 Decrease the burden on few hospitals and diffuse
rush in hospitals
 Efficiency and quality medical care
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Cons
 Misuse and routing of investments to avail tax benefits
 Considering India’s scenario, if not implemented properly
this will lead to chaos
 Restructuring of hospitals is required to have efficiency and
proper planning which is not always easy to do in India
 Profit centric behaviour might be induced

16. •Table
% of population willing to
of contents
•Preview
•India’s
•Major
achievements so far
Challenges
donate
30
•Action
25
•Major
health care deals
boosting the economy
20
•Strategies
15
currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Strategy
#1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy
#2: Investment
•Strategy
# 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy
#4: Organ Donation
•Strategy
#5: Society
Integration
•Where
are we heading now?
•Conclusion
Donation in
10
Percentage
5
0
UK
US
Japan India
Why just 0.08%??

17. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Pros:
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Saving a life Is always a noble act.
Increase in kidney and Liver donation will help meeting the
high demand
Increase in the life expectancy
On having ample supply of organs through organ donation,
the prices of the medical procedures related to organ
transplant might come down.
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Cons:
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Selling of Organs in Black Market
Might influence the doctors to hasten the death of the
patient.
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18. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Is there enough society involvement or rather any
involvement to help improving the health status?
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Strategy:
Increase awareness about responsibility from being
a selfish citizen to a selfless citizen.
Sensitization about the possible results of getting
involved and benefiting the masses.
Where the society functions as an individual unit
performing the responsibility of contributing to the
development of the society in various aspects. For
example: Taking the initiative of feeding a
malnourished child / concept of soup kitchen as in
the US
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•Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
Pro’s
The society as whole grows as a well integrated system
The burden with the government is shared leading to change
and upliftment at a rapid pace.
Collective responsibility spreads a feeling of brotherhood.
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 Cons
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Society is not willing to divert their time and resources as
they do not consider this to be their responsibility.
Chaos

20. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
35.00%
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25.00%
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15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
U.S.A
India

21. •Table
of contents
•Preview
•India’s achievements so far
•Major Challenges
•Action currently being taken
to solve these challenges
•Major health care deals
boosting the economy
•Strategies
•Strategy #1: Medical Tourism
•Strategy #2: Investment
•Strategy # 3: Infrastructure
•Strategy #4: Organ Donation
•Strategy #5: Society
Integration
•Where are we heading now?
•Conclusion
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Increase concentration on health &
education.
 Better comprehensive plan
 Encourage participation of society
towards health sector
 Create awareness

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HEALTH CARE IN INDIA - VISION 2020 : ISSUES
AND PROSPECTS R. Srinivisan
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Health Infra: by A. Kumar, S. Gaurav
The Economic Times, 13.02.2013
OECD Report,2010
The Daily, New York Times – Organ
Donation