Budget 2023-24 wishlist: Here're the key challenges in healthcare sector

Key challenges

• Covid has highlighted the need for adequate infrastructure and health care workforce, especially doctors and nurses 
• High out-of-pocket expenditure on health
• Threat of resurgence of Covid can prevent foreigners coming to India resulted in hospitals suffering from revenue loss and lower profitability
• While the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna covers 500 million population, around 400 million is still uncovered 
• Import of medical devices and equipment
• Providing technical access to care

Industry ask

• Incentivise creation of adequate infrastructure to deal with the triple disease burden
• Mandate PPP in other clinical procedures and hospitals
• Implement single window clearance
• A dedicated fund for healthcare start-ups