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Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, launched the ‘The Advantage Health Care India - One Stop Digital Portal For Patient’ and ‘Workforce Mobility’, in the One Earth One Health Advantage Healthcare India event, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The launch of these two portals is not just a milestone for India, but a significant step towards fulfilling our global responsibilities. India has always been at the forefront of healthcare innovation, said the minister
“Through these portals, we are offering a tangible solution to some of the most, pressing challenges in healthcare today," he added.
Delivering keynote address at the event, he said that India today is supported by a workforce of 1.3 million allopathic doctors, 800,000 Ayush doctors and 3.4 million nurses & auxiliary nurse and midwives. Through this highly qualified and skilful workforce, India plans to contribute to an organised system of workforce mobility, wherein India’s healthcare professionals travel to different parts of the world, to serve the global community.
He highlighted that nation aspires to create a people-centric, value-based system of healthcare.
He added that medical value travel will enable greater knowledge-sharing, sustainable partnerships and increased synergies contributing to building a stronger global health architecture.
He said, “We strive to build a more inclusive and equitable world where healthcare knows no boundaries and where skilled healthcare professionals can make a difference wherever they are. Our collective efforts will be towards creating a healthcare ecosystem that embraces the voice of every nation, every citizen and every being.”
Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ayush, noted that the theme of India G20 Presidency ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ incorporates medical value travel and health workforce mobility as an important facet in its pursuit to build resilient global healthcare systems.
He underscored the importance of implementing harmonized and coordinated strategies of traditional medicine through effective governance at international, regional, and national levels.
“India being a soft power in the traditional system of medicine can play a pivotal role here in mitigation of these alarming changes in health care scenarios,” said the Minister.
Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar, Minister of State, ministry of health and family welfare, noted that in present times, the concept of health needs a holistic approach and India has the unique advantage of offering traditional healthcare therapies or Ayush treatments for the purpose of well-being to medical value travellers from across the globe.
She emphasized that “integration of traditional medicine and modern medicine is an essential aspect of achieving affordable and accessible healthcare for all, especially in remote areas.”
Prof S P Singh Baghel, Minister of State, ministry of health and family welfare, during the event said, “Universal health coverage is not limited within the territorial borders of the country. India holds the vision of One Earth One Heath we intent to provide health services to other country through Heal by India and to those visiting through Heal in India.”
The Minister of State further added “We must create synergies across the stakeholders – hospitals, medical facilitators, insurance companies, healthcare associations and government bodies to facilitate a global healthcare network, with patient well-being at its core.”
Underscoring the importance of value-based health care services supported by the framework of medical value travel, Pant added “we must focus on a patient-centric health system to achieve several of our health priorities. An inclusive health system will be achieved when patients are empowered to choose from a comprehensive range of services, including medical consultation, treatment, post-operative treatment, and follow-up care cutting across geographic limitations.”
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that medical value travel can serve to complement countries in building their national capacities. Leveraging medical value travel, countries can offer specialized resources and services that may not be available, affordable or accessible in other parts of the world.
He further added Digital Health is a great asset as it enables patients to access medical healthcare services via telemedicine at platforms such as Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres. Digital health bridges the gap of affordability rendering medical care to the innermost areas and to those patients who may not be able to afford the services.
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