'India is a Huge Market for Medical tourism': Dr Sanjeev Singh at IES 2024

India Ecomic Summit: At Republic Media Network’s India Ecomic Summit , Dr Sanjeev Singh, Medical Director at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and a Professor of Pediatrics and Hospital ministration, shared valuable insights into future of healthcare in India and emergence of Artificial Intelligence in medicine sector.

A well kwn leer in paediatrics and hospital ministration, Dr Singh talked about critical need for vancing healthcare services and improving workforce capabilities to meet evolving demands of sector.

During his dress, Dr. Singh discussed various strategies for enhancing healthcare delivery in India, with a focus on strengning healthcare workforce, improving medical education, and leveraging techlogy to drive invation in healthcare services.

Dr Singh also discussed key government initiatives such as 'Kayakalp' and 'LaQshya,' aimed at enhancing healthcare and medical care standards in India. He stressed importance of making healthcare more affordable, especially as rising costs of medical services continue to pose challenges.

ting India’s diverse population and high disease burden, Dr Singh pointed out that country ranks 144th globally in terms of health outcomes. On or hand, he also highlighted improvements, such as increase in life expectancy, which has risen from 32 to 74 years.

“India is largely Populus plus extremely diverse. global burden of disease we are ranked 144 and unfortunately it is both communicable and n-communicable disease. As key performing indicators, we have done pretty well. re has been an improvement in life expectancy, which we have seen from 32 to almost 74”, Dr Singh said.

He also shared about India being a huge market for medical tourism. “It is close to $125 billion industry, India captures almost $13 Billion. India was ranking close to 77 and has w come up to 10”, Dr Singh said.