As many as 80 per cent of the population in India are not in a position to afford even basic health care, he said and added that at this juncture health infrastructure should be developed and made affordable to the poor.
Advanced medical services should be made affordable to the poor, said MAHE Registrar Vinod Bhat.
He was speaking at a symposium on ‘Evidence based clinical gastroenterology’ at TMA Pai hall in the city, on Saturday.
Latest devices and technology of diagnosis have brought a sea change in the medical services. But persons and institutions offering these services including the pharmacy companies are transferring the huge costs involving research and development (R & D) on the patients or the customers, he lamented.
As many as 80 per cent of the population in India are not in a position to afford even basic health care, he said and added that at this juncture health infrastructure should be developed and made affordable to the poor. By the year 2010, MAHE has decided to provide Rs 100 crore endowment for the community health services, he informed.
In his remarks, KMC Dean Dr C V Raghuveer said that with the change in understanding and manifestation of diseases, paradigm shift in the treatment and pathology could be noticed.
Speaking on the occasion, Indian Society of Gastroenterology Secretary Dr G Chowdary said that significant number of cases related to morbidity and mortality reported in the nation were due to gastroenteritis.
ISGCON is encouraging research activities in gastroenteritis. Lecture and demonstration programmes had been organised throughout the nation to sensitise the medical fraternity about the advanced practices in the field, he informed.
Organising Secretaries of KMC Dr Ganesh Pai, Dr B V Tantry and others were present on the occasion.
He was speaking at a symposium on ‘Evidence based clinical gastroenterology’ at TMA Pai hall in the city, on Saturday.
Latest devices and technology of diagnosis have brought a sea change in the medical services. But persons and institutions offering these services including the pharmacy companies are transferring the huge costs involving research and development (R & D) on the patients or the customers, he lamented.
As many as 80 per cent of the population in India are not in a position to afford even basic health care, he said and added that at this juncture health infrastructure should be developed and made affordable to the poor. By the year 2010, MAHE has decided to provide Rs 100 crore endowment for the community health services, he informed.
In his remarks, KMC Dean Dr C V Raghuveer said that with the change in understanding and manifestation of diseases, paradigm shift in the treatment and pathology could be noticed.
Speaking on the occasion, Indian Society of Gastroenterology Secretary Dr G Chowdary said that significant number of cases related to morbidity and mortality reported in the nation were due to gastroenteritis.
ISGCON is encouraging research activities in gastroenteritis. Lecture and demonstration programmes had been organised throughout the nation to sensitise the medical fraternity about the advanced practices in the field, he informed.
Organising Secretaries of KMC Dr Ganesh Pai, Dr B V Tantry and others were present on the occasion.
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