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Keen to join government national health initiative: J&J Medical India
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Mar, 2018
Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Medical India is keen to join the
government's National Health Protection Mission -- Ayushman Bharat --
which recently got the Cabinet nod, according to a top official of the
company.
"We are exploring the possibility. It could be a
financial tie-up, it could be a tie-up which will reach more people,"
Managing Director of J&J Medical India, Sushobhan Dasgupta, told
IANS here when asked whether talks were on with the government for a
possible tie-up.
With the implementation of the centrally
sponsored scheme, which aims to provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family
annually to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families, skilling and
enhancing the skills of healthcare professionals would also get a push,
Dasgupta said.
He said the company plans to partner with the
government through its recently launched mobile training centre buses
and expressed hope that talks regarding the tie-up takes a concrete
shape by the end of June.
"If that fits in, and I believe (it)
will fit in, we can then look at multiplying the number of buses as
well," Dasgupta told IANS in an interview.
Last week, the
institute launched a specialised bus in the capital city to travel
across the country and provide hands-on surgery training to around
25,000 healthcare professionals in the next five years.
Named
"Johnson & Johnson Institute on Wheels", this mobile training centre
aims at enhancing the surgical skills of doctors, nurses and para
medical staff to address the demands of current health care delivery
system and provide better outcomes to patients.
"We will cover
not only tier-I, but tier-II and tier-III cities (as well)... in the
medical colleges, train up the residents and (also) use up the faculty
from those colleges," he added.
Dasgupta also stressed on the "right balance" between imported and domestically medical devices.
Speaking
on the government's emphasis on the domestic production of medical
devices in India, Dasgupta said, "No country can prosper with only
imported products. We need to get the right balance between imported
products and domestic products. There has to be a balance."
He added that though in its nascent stage, the future of the Indian medical devices industry "seems very bright".
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