Punjab Health Minister invites corporate hospitals to collaborate with Govt to provide affordable healthcare services
“The government will only take the services of doctors, leading lights of healthcare providers and corporate hospitals at government health institutions to overcome the deficiency of super specialist services,” the minister said, adding that the collaboration will be managed and funded by the government.;
Chandigarh: To provide quality healthcare services to people at subsidised and affordable prices, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh on Friday extended an invitation to the corporate hospitals to collaborate with the government to ensure the state will have top-class healthcare facilities.
“The government will only take the services of doctors, leading lights of healthcare providers and corporate hospitals at government health institutions to overcome the deficiency of super specialist services,” the minister said, adding that the collaboration will be managed and funded by the government.
He said that this initiative will also help in improving the healthcare services in medically under-served districts in the state.
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Corporate hospitals can also help by training doctors and paramedics staff, he added.
He also said that there is a lot of scope for telemedicine and artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector.
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