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New Delhi – The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, said the Union Budget 2021 is ‘remarkable’ 137% increase for health and wellbeing sector.He hailed and said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced health and wellbeing as the first pillar of the economy.
“During the press conference post-budget, Health Minister said, “FM spoke of 6 prominent pillar , with the topmost pillar being health and well being .Investment in the health sector has risen 137% which is 2.37 times more than our last year’s Budget estimates.This is an achievement in its own.”
“The focus on strengthening three areas – Preventive health, curative health and well-being with Total Allocation to Health Sector being Rs 2,23,846 Crore will be of immense help to the country at this critical juncture.” He stated
According to the Union Health Minister, “The National Centre for Disease Control will now have 5 regional branches and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units. The experiences of the country’s yearlong fight with COVID have shaped the Union Budget. This will give a tremendous boost to India’s health infrastructure”. He thereafter detailed the huge increase in scope of Public Health which includes the expansion of integrated health information portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs, operationalization of 17 new public health units and strengthening of 33 existing public health units at points of entry that is 32 airports, 11 seaports and 7 land crossings, setting up of 15 health emergency operation centers and two mobile hospitals, the setting up of a National Institution for One Health regional research platform for WHO South East Asia region office and 9 Bio-safety Level III laboratories and 4 Regional institutes on the lines of National Institute of Virology.
The Finance Minister in Parliament said that if required then the government is ready to pay more for the COVID-19 vaccine, “I have provided Rs 35,000 crores for COVID-19 vaccine in this year 2021-22. I am committed to provide further funds if required”.
“India now has one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates of 112 per million population and one of the lowest active cases of about 130 per million. This has laid the foundation for the economic revival we see today.” says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament
The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has today announced that the Pneumococcal vaccine will be rolled out across the country.
“The pneumococcal vaccine, limited to only 5 states at present, to be rolled out across the country. This will avert more than 50,000 child deaths annually.”
The World’s largest vaccine production Indian company Serum Institute of India (SII) has recently announced about first indigenous vaccine ‘Pneumosil’ which is available either as a single dose in a vial and pre-filled syringe or as multidose in vials at affordable prices.
A debate comes before IMA to start relay hunger strike all over the country in 5o different centres against ‘Mixopathy’.
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The Federation of Resident Doctors Association and India (FORDA) has written a letter to the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan regarding the request to conduct the stray vacancy round and revision of cut off marks.The SC has recently given ruling in favor of aspirants whereby it has extended the admission date.
“After various communications by FORDA representing NEET SS aspirants to conduct stray round in order to stop wastage of previous seats, but authorities paid no heed , hence no positive outcome and finally resulted in wastage of nearly 500 seats.”says the statement by FORDA
FORDA has also given few suggestions regarding this. There first suggestion is to consider revision of cut off to ensure maximum participation of aspirants in counseling to reduce seat wastage. There second suggestion is to open registration for those candidates who could not register earlier.
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Views of Top Experts on Healthcare Budget 2021
According to Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder and Director, Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, “As India faces the worst ever health crisis of all times, we hope that Covid-19 will provide the silver lining for increasing the healthcare budget. There has never been a greater spotlight on healthcare delivery in various environments. Unfortunately, no election has been fought on healthcare as an issue in India yet. But now, with the coronavirus pandemic, the focus is only and squarely on healthcare. I hope that this will lead to an increase in the healthcare budget and various healthcare provisions, so that the expenditure on health can go up to 3% of the GDP, as promised by the government.”
Views of Top Experts s on Healthcare Budget 2021
“The Covid pandemic has underlined the importance of a higher budget allocation for healthcare more than anything else. A large part of previous budgets was dedicated towards making healthcare cheaper and more accessible, but the current situation demands an increased budget for improving healthcare infrastructure at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, and also to propel healthcare sector recovery,” says Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, COO, Fortis Healthcare.
“There are indications that the government is likely to increase healthcare spending in the forthcoming budget announcement on February 1. This is laudable as healthcare is a national priority sector today and we need a dedicated national health fund which can provide all necessary resources and support to fix existing gaps, upgrade healthcare infrastructure, equip district-level hospitals and primary health centres with oxygen supplies, increased beds and medical equipment. We also need to invest more in medical education and training to address the shortage of healthcare professionals in the country, and strengthen the operational modalities to boost digital health and telemedicine services,” he adds.
Dr Raghuvanshi also suggests, “In order to ensure that the credit chain remains intact and input taxes are not loaded on to the cost of healthcare services, the government may consider zero rating of GST for healthcare. There is also a need to upgrade skilling to increase capacities among healthcare workers. There is also an urgent need to review and implement national programmes on non-communicable diseases to tackle the increasing burden of heart diseases, diabetes, cancer and tuberculosis as well as to encourage preventive care.”