Innovation In Healthcare Can Offer Resilience Against Pandemics

Religare Enterprises in collaboration with Care Health Insurance and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital organised a conclave on the eve of World Health Day. At the conclave, speakers highlighted how different sections of the society and the government have contributed towards a collective fight against the pandemic.

Dr Rashmi Saluja, Executive Chairperson, Religare Enterprises said, “It is important for the country and the rest of the world to plan for a resilient and sustainable future. In this light, private healthcare providers can introduce new technologies and techniques to improve the quality of care and reduce costs. By providing financial support, the private sector can help fund research and development of new drugs, diagnostic tools, and medical technologies, thereby improving the quality of healthcare services. It would immensely help the underserved populations around the world.”

“During the pandemic, Religare Group was at the forefront of delivering relief and assistance to the most affected sections of the society. It is my belief that private sector can help by devising financial solutions that provide early-stage startups, especially social enterprises in the healthcare sector, with easy and quick access to inexpensive funds,” she added.

Dr Martin Schalling, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Genetics and Chair Swedish Mental Health Fund, Department Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Sweden said, “Funding of innovative healthcare solutions such as medical digital tools can help us prepare and tackle pandemics in the future. India’s strength within information technology space could be one such example. We also stand to benefit from exploring traditional Indian medicine in terms of searching for novel treatments.”