Mamata Banerjee as the Chief Minister and Health Minister of the State tried her best to DILUTE the AMRI HOSPITPL INFERNO Tragedy with Canceling the License of the Hospitol and ARRESTS and INVESTIGATION, Declaration of JOB. But the question remains t

Mamata Banerjee as the Chief Minister and Health Minister of the State tried her best to DILUTE the AMRI HOSPITPL INFERNO Tragedy with Canceling the License of the Hospitol and ARRESTS and INVESTIGATION, Declaration of JOB. But the question remains to be answered why PUBLIC Health Care is NO State Affair and is Left to FREE ECONOMY and LPG Mafia. The Hospitol Management Consisted  of Health Superintendent and Another Government Representative. It is NOT Only AMRI. Private Hospitols and Nursing Homes in every stste have Taken Over Health Care and it is all about Purchasing Power which has NOTHING to do with CURE, Prevention and Healing. A Whole Hell is LOOSING from Every direcxtion!Six persons, including industrialist SK Todi of the AMRI group were arrested and the licence of the hospital where more than 89 persons suffocated to death after a fire on Friday, was cancelled. * At least 88 people were killed in an inferno that scalded Kolkata's five star AMRI Hospital in the wee hours of Friday, leaving the nation shocked and angry over the shoddy safety arrangements in one of the most expensive hospitals.At least six industrialists who are owners and board members of the AMRI Hospital in south Kolkata, that witnessed one of the worst infernos on Friday killing 88 people, were arrested in the evening after some of them surrendered before police.Anger and grief swept through the premises of the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata where the bodies of the victims of the AMRI Hospital inferno were taken for investigation. The demand for healthcare services in India has grown from $ 4.8 billion in 1991 to $ 22.8 billion in 2001-02, indicating a compounded annual growth rate of 16 per cent. The healthcare industry accounted for 5.2 per cent of India's GDP in 2002, and this figure could reach $ 47 billion or 6.2—7.5 per cent of GDP by 2012. On the one hand, the Indian middle class, with its increasing purchasing power, is more willing than ever before to pay more for quality healthcare. On the other, the supply of healthcare services has grown steadily, as the private sector becomes more involved in owning and running hospitals. This report describes the growth trends in healthcare services. The report analyses the increasing share of privately owned healthcare facilities. Profile of major players and impact of major regulatory changes are also highlighted in this report. The Indian healthcare industry is a US$ 35 billion industry and is anticipated to reach US$ 75 billion by 2012. This sector thus provides a lot of potential as Indians are becoming more health conscious and vying for better amenities. To address the increasing demands of this sector, India needs about US$ 50 billion annually. Indian Holocaust My Father`s Life and Time - SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE Palash Biswas http://indianliberationnews.com/ http://indianholocaustmyfatherslifeandtime.blogspot.com/ http://basantipurtimes.blogspot.com/ Mamata Banerjee as the Chief Minister and Health Minister of the State tried her best to DILUTE the AMRI HOSPITPL INFERNO Tragedy with Canceling the License of the Hospitol and ARRESTS and INVESTIGATION, Declaration of JOB. But the question remains to be answered why PUBLIC Health Care is NO State Affair and is Left to FREE ECONOMY and LPG Mafia. The Hospitol Management Consisted  of Health Superintendent and Another Government Representative. It is NOT Only AMRI. Private Hospitols and Nursing Homes in every stste have Taken Over Health Care and it is all about Purchasing Power which has NOTHING to do with CURE, Prevention and Healing. A Whole Hell is LOOSING from Every direcxtion!Six persons, including industrialist SK Todi of the AMRI group were arrested and the licence of the hospital where more than 89 persons suffocated to death after a fire on Friday, was cancelled. *

* At least 88 people were killed in an inferno that scalded Kolkata's five star AMRI Hospital in the wee hours of Friday, leaving the nation shocked and angry over the shoddy safety arrangements in one of the most expensive hospitals.At least six industrialists who are owners and board members of the AMRI Hospital in south Kolkata, that witnessed one of the worst infernos on Friday killing 88 people, were arrested in the evening after some of them surrendered before police.Anger and grief swept through the premises of the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata where the bodies of the victims of the AMRI Hospital inferno were taken for investigation.

The demand for healthcare services in India has grown from $ 4.8 billion in
1991 to $ 22.8 billion in 2001-02, indicating a compounded annual growth rate
of 16 per cent. The healthcare industry accounted for 5.2 per cent of India's
GDP in 2002, and this figure could reach $ 47 billion or 6.2—7.5 per cent of
GDP by 2012. On the one hand, the Indian middle class, with its increasing
purchasing power, is more willing than ever before to pay more for quality
healthcare. On the other, the supply of healthcare services has grown steadily,
as the private sector becomes more involved in owning and running hospitals.

This report describes the growth trends in healthcare services. The report analyses the increasing share of privately owned healthcare facilities. Profile of major players and impact of major regulatory changes are also highlighted in this report.

The AMRI Hospital authorities confirmed the death of 73 people, but the toll later rose to 88 as more succumbed from the fire that originated from the callously stored inflammable objects in the basement of the hospital which sports a swanky exterior.

The arrested owners of the AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria are Ravi Todi, SK Todi, Radhyashyam Goenka, Manish Goenka, Prashanta Goenka and Dayanand Agarwal.

They are owners of the hospital in various capacities.

The Indian healthcare industry is a US$ 35 billion industry and is anticipated to reach US$ 75 billion by 2012. This sector thus provides a lot of potential as Indians are becoming more health conscious and vying for better amenities. To address the increasing demands of this sector, India needs about US$ 50 billion annually.

The healthcare system is practically non-existent in rural India. With a rise in India's economy and rural infrastructure, the healthcare industry is stated to grow exponentially in this area. Thus, there is a need for investment in infrastructure, equipment, and technological areas.

The public healthcare system is overburdened and also lacks technological support. The entry of private equity has enhanced the healthcare industry further. In addition, healthcare majors have released IPOs (initial public offerings) trying to tap the potential of this field further.

With growing consciousness about the health hazards and illnesses that can befall them, Indians are recognizing the benefits of health insurance. Thus, this sector shows lots of promise. The health insurance industry is going to reach US$ 5.75 billion by 2010 according to a study by the Chamber of Commerce, PhD department.

Also, with the stress- and lifestyle-related illnesses on the rise, this sector is gaining more popularity. International giants, such as AIG, have partnered with the Tata group. Other such collaborations are Bajaj Allianz and Aviva. More people are going for insurance to help secure their healthcare needs. Thus, this industry is a major investment area.

The pharmaceutical industry is also gaining in prominence. With skilled labor available and low research costs this is a nice investment option. The production costs and technologically sound infrastructure make it a viable option.

Indian healthcare systems like ayurveda and homeopathy are increasingly gaining prominence overseas. More patrons abroad are going for these alternate therapies as they are completely natural and have no side effects. As they are derived from plant extracts and have been in existence for a long time, more people are recognizing the potential of this field. Thus, this offers good scope.

Another area for investment is the research industry. With a huge talent pool and the rise of biotechnology and bioinformatics in India, this offers tremendous growth prospects.

Yet another area is the export of medical equipment to India. There is a demand for more technologically sound instruments in India. With the rise of high-end hospitals, this offers immense prospects. And with patients vying for quality healthcare facilities and hospitals this is an expanding field.

India is also a rising destination for medical tourism. With affordable medical expenses and a sound technology in place, this is a growing sector. This bodes well for the healthcare industry in India.

There are no inhibiting factors for foreign investment in this industry unlike other industries. The absence of regulatory laws is an encouragement. The government recognizing the need for technological advances in this sector has granted many relaxations.

Thus, overall the healthcare industry is going to grow exponentially and offers good investment potential for foreign investors.


West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, other ministers, the Kolkata mayor and security officials ripped apart the AMRI Hospitalauthorities for "callousness", "negligence" and for having blocked rescue efforts during Friday's disastrous fire.

Altogether 84 persons died at the the 190-bed AMRI hospital in south Kolkata, Joint Commissioner of Police Shivaji Ghosh said.

Meanwhile, the AMRI Hospital - known for its high-cost but quality treatment - Friday sought a proper probe to ascertain whether it was an "accident" or a "sabotage".

Coming down heavily on the management of the hospital - co-founded by Emami and Shrachi Groups along with the West Bengal governmentin 1996 - Banerjee said the hospital staff had even initially prevented the fire fighters from entering the building.

"We will cancel their licence. We will take strict action against them," Banerjee said.

Later in the day, six directors of the hospital were arrested.

Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim said the fire brigades' big ladder could not enter at first. "The Annexe-1 block has been constructed in a tiny lane. We will conduct an enquiry to find out whether the construction was legal," he said.

Public Works Department Minister Subrata Mukherjee accused the hospital authorities of not making any effort to rescue trapped patients.

"It is horrifying that they made no effort to rescue the trapped patients," he said.

Fire Services Minister Javed Khan said: "There was so much extra-combustible material kept callously that as my men controlled the fire at one spot, the flames reappeared at another area".

"The basement is full of combustible material. It was a space for keeping cars. The way it has been maintained is irresponsible. The departmental engineers have been asked to inspect. The authorities should have followed the norms. If there are lapses we will take steps".

At least 73 people - 70 patients and three staff members - perished in the fire that broke out in the Annexe 1 wing of the hospital at Dhakuria in south Kolkata in the early hours Friday.

The hospital, on the other hand, claimed that it had taken all "safety measures" to prevent such incidents.

"We can confirm that AMRI has followed stringent fire and safety measures and regular fire drills are conducted and all statutory and other compliances were in place," hospital vice president Dr.S Upadhyay said in a statement.

"Once the rescue operation is over, the fire brigade will investigate the cause that led to this unfortunate incident to ascertain whether it was an accident or an act of sabotage," the statement added.


"Most of the deaths were caused by suffocation," Fire Service and Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan told reporters in Kolkata.

"As per my announcement that offenders will be arrested, six persons, including SK Todi, have been arrested," chief minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters.

"Law will take its own course. Those responsible for so many deaths, will be dealt with seriously," she said.

Besides Todi, others arrested were RS Goenka, Ravi Goenka, Manish Goenka, Prasanta Goenka and Dayananda Agarwal. The licence of the hospital was cancelled too.

The six have been charged with negligence, culpable homicide not amounting to murder and attempt to culpable homicide," a senior police official said.
Banerjee said the fire services authorities and the police had cautioned the AMRI Hospital authorities in September about its basement.

"AMRI had given an undertaking, but did not keep it," she said.

Amid fears of radiation hazard from the equipment used in the cancer department atAMRI hospital after a major fire, a team ofNational Disaster Response Force Friday visited the oncology wing and said later there was no radiation leak.

Wearing gas masks and carrying sophisticated anti-radiation equipment, the NDRF team went to the hospital but said there was no leakage.

"There is no excess radiation and no leakage," said the team commander Mukesh Kumar Verma.

He said the members would carry out constant checks in turn till they were sure there was no chance of any radiation-linked problem.

The hospital's well-known state-of-the-art cancer wing is in the basement of the ill-fated block where the fire started leading to the death of 73 people, including 70 patients, due to toxic carbon monoxide fumes.
Local youth struggle to rescue patients out of the AMRI Hospital, in Kolkata, on Friday. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

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   The chief minister said a National Disaster Rescue Force team checked the hospital basement for radiation leak and forensic experts would also inquire into it.
   She said the hospital has been closed and would be sealed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation after completion of rescue operations.
   
   The previous Left Front government had given up its 93% share of the total land for setting up the hospital, Banerjee said.
   
   She said a high-level committee, with representatives from police, fire brigade, Kolkata Municipal Corporation and health department, has been formed to go into the cause of the fire.
   
   Kolkata Police Commissioner RK Pachnanda said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Damayanti Sen would supervise the functioning of the committee.
   
   Altogether 84 persons died at the the 190-bed AMRI hospital in south Kolkata, Joint Commissioner of Police Shivaji Ghosh said.
   
   "Most of the deaths were caused by suffocation," Fire Service and Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan told reporters in Kolkata.
   
   
   

   The hospital is owned by the Emami Group (Goenkas) and Shrachi Group (Todis).

   
   

   Media reports said they were booked under sections 304 and 308 of Indian Penal Code, which are non-bailable offences.

   non bailable.

   
   

   West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier ordered their arrest and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) cancelled their licence for violation of safety norms.

   
   

   A criminal case was registered against the hospital authorities and reports said the facility would be sealed after all cleaning up and rescue operations end.

   
   
   

   Of the dead, three were hospital staff, AMRI vice-president S Upadhayay told a press conference, adding that Rs 5 lakh compensation would be paid to each victim's family.

   
   

   At least six owners of the hospital were arrested in the evening.

   
   

   The arrested owners of the AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria are Ravi Todi, SK Todi, Radhyashyam Goenka, Manish Goenka, Prashanta Goenka and Dayanand Agarwal.

   
   

   The hospital is owned by the Emami Group (Goenkas) and Shrachi Group (Todis).

   
   

   The hospital was later sealed and its licence was cancelled by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).

   
   

   Earlier, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confirmed the toll as she swung into action herself and ensured the bodies were taken to the state-run SSKM Hospital for identification.

   
   

   "We are trying to hand over the bodies fast after post mortem and trying to get them photographed for speedy identification," she said, adding that most people died of asphyxiation (noxious carbon monoxide gas).

   
   

   The chief minister also announced compensation of Rs 3 lakh for each deceased and other assistance, including assurance of jobs to any poor family that lost their earning member.

   
   

   Later Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the dead.

   
   

   This is the second blaze at the premier private medical facility in three years which has been accused of illegal inflammable storage in the basement leading to the fire.

   
   

   Kins of patients alleged there was no smoke alarm in the hospital which had swanky exterior but had been time and again accused of medical negligence and fleecing of patients.

   
   

   Hospital authorities said the blaze occurred at around 3-20 am in an annexe building.

   
   

   While by evening some of the top industrialists who were owners of the AMRI were arrested after their surrender, shocked relatives blamed the hospital authorities for the loss they suffered in the wee hours of Friday.

   
   

   Angry Sudipto Nandy, who lost his 32-year-old brother-in-law Amitava Das in the tragedy, said many could have been saved if the hospital authorities had allowed the people to come inside and rescue the patients.

   
   

   "We had already spent Rs 9 lakh in treatment there and it all ended with such a horrible death. They had locked the hospital from inside preventing the people from going in for rescue," Nandy said.

   
   

   Considered to be one of the most expensive super-speciality hospitals of Kollata, AMRI shockingly had no proper gears to fight against tragedies like the one that Kolkata witnessed on Friday, according to initial findings by journalists and even ministers.

   
   

   "The hospital is responsible for this accident. My grandfather died of suffocation. His body have been identified," Hemant Agarwal, the grandson of the victim, said.

   
   

   The AMRI Hospital authorities confirmed the death of 73 people.

   
   

   Of them, 70 were patients and three were hospital staff, AMRI vice-president S Upadhayay told a press conference, adding that Rs 5 lakh compensation would be paid to each victim's family.

   
   

   This is the second blaze at the premier private medical facility in three years which has been accused of illegal inflammable storage in the basement leading to the fire.

   
   

   Kins of patients alleged there was no smoke alarm in the hospital which had swanky exterior but had been time and again accused of medical negligence and fleecing of patients.

   
   

   Hospital authorities said the blaze occurred at around 3-20 am in an annexe building.

   
   

   Black smoke was billowing out of the various floors of the building till 1130 am while the chief minister herself joined the crowd management in the area and urged people to allow smooth rescue operation.

   
   

   Fire-gutted bodies of patients were carried to SSKM hospital later on Friday afternoon.

   
   

   Relatives were seen complaining against the mismanagement in the state run hospital.

   
   

   Situation became so much tense at one moment that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to intervene to calm down the the bereaved relatives.

   
   

   Hospital authorities at SSKM had to break the wall of the morgue to accommodate the large number of bodies that were transferred there to tackle the emergency.

   
   

   Meanwhile, reactions have started to pour in from various corners of the country as citizens were shocked to see the major tragedy blamed on the apparent callousness of the hospital.

   
   

   After Mamata Banerjee announced compensation and jobs for victims' kins, Prime Minister Manmohan SIngh expressed his shock over the fire incident and sanctioned Rs 2 lakh to families of deceased.

   
   

   Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in a letter written to Mamata Banerjee, has offered all possible help and assistance from the centre.

   
   

   "Every time I see incidents like AMRI I'm convinced we really are a third world nation with delusions of greatness," Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah reacted.

   
   

   Renowned cricket commentator Harsha BHogle said: "Such injustice in kolkata. and here we are complaining about little problems in life."

   
   

   An angry Farah Khan Ali tweeted: "Very saddened by the news on the fire at Amri Hospital in Kolkota. My heart goes out to the families who lost their loved ones. Prayers.Though the fire broke out at 3am the fire engines reached 2 hrs later. Shocking!!! So many lives lost unnecessarily due to negligence."

   
   

   Filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor attacked the lack of proper safety arrangements in the AMRI hospital and remarked: "Over half patients now confirmed suffocated 2 death in Kolkata hospital fire with prev history of fire n still no smoke alarm. AMRI hired Ernst n Young n Kotak Mahindra 2 make Rs 5 billion bid for Sterling Hospitals bt cld nt install fire alarms. Shame."

   
   

   Kolkata-girl and B-tow actress Bipasha Basu tweeted: "Sad news! Watching reports on the major fire tht broke at Amri hospital in kolkata!Prayers fr all the ppl who r still stuck inside."

   
   

   Mamata Banerjee announced the cancellation of licence of the private facility and ordered the arrest of AMRI officials after police complaint was lodged against the hospital and a criminal case was registered.

   In a tragedy of monumental proportions, over 89 persons, including a Bangladeshi national have now been declared dead after inhaling smoke caused by a fire at a multi-speciality, centrally air conditioned, seven-storey private hospital in the metropolis early today.

   "Most of the deaths were caused by suffocation," Fire Service and Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan told reporters here.

   The fire in the annexe building of the hospital was detected at around 3:30 am by local people who rushed to the gates, but were driven away by the security guards, following which the fire spread swiftly, Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said.

   The Lake police station was first informed at 4:10am with the fire brigade arriving at the AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria within ten minutes, Khan said.

   "Smoke was carried through AC ducts and it was luck that oxygen cylinders could be removed from the fire zone," he said.

   Khan said that the doctors, nurses and the hospital staff escaped immediately after fire began sweeping the floors one by one.

   Body after body

   Following the arrival of emergency crews, the steady flow of bodies continued as ambulances carrying them entered the SSKM hospital one by one and after autopsy and identification, the bodies were handed over to their relatives.

   West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was present at the scene not only consoling the wailing relatives and family members but also directing the authorities over a microphone to expedite the procedural formalities for the families to take back the dead.

   Several relatives and family members continued to wait for the bodies to arrive while others jostled with others to complete the formalities.

   Banerjee who had ready assistance in form of several of her ministerial colleagues, said: "61 bodies have been brought here so far. Of them post mortem has been performed already on 46 and 16 of the bodies have been identified."

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   Anger and tears

   However, relatives of the dead were angry at the delays and the provision .

   "Why my son had to be cut into pieces. I know he is dead... I don't want to know why he is dead. Why could they not spare my child the pain of post mortem?" shouted a father over the body of son which was handed to him after the autopsy.

   "My son was doing fine. After requesting the hospital (AMRI) for discharge since the last three days, they had agreed to discharge him today (Friday). They wanted to make money so they had kept him there. Had they released him earlier, he would have been alive," said the father who had come all the way from Midnapore (in West Midnapore) to take back his son after being discharged by the hospital.

   Ronojoy Guha, who lost his sister-in-law Parama Chakraborty in the tragedy, accused the hospital staff of being 'inhuman'.

   "The bodies recovered from the site were kept in a heap. I and my brother had to find out Parama from the heap. How can they be so inhuman to treat the bodies as lifeless objects?"

   As Banerjee announced that the license of the hospital has been cancelled and the owners would be arrested, the angry family members demanded the culprits be hanged for killing their loved ones.

   Owners surrender

   All six stakeholders of the hospital have reportedly surrendered at a police station in the city.

   Owners R.S. Goenka and S.K. Todi have surrendered. Mr. Todi's two sons have also surrendered.

   Hospital staff blocked rescuers?

   There was complete mayhem as hundreds of local people tried to enter the hospital building to rescue patients, but were denied entry by the hospital staff.

   "We saw smoke coming out of the building around 2 in the morning and immediately many of us gathered and came here to extend help. But we were denied entry. Had we been allowed inside, so many people would not have died.

   They have mostly died of suffocation because the fire did not reach the higher part of the building," said Ronojit Mondal, a local who along with many other locals have been aiding the rescue work.

   "When we reached here we could see some patients wailing for help atop the windows but we were not allowed to go inside by the hospital men. We pleaded, threatened and pushed but could not manage to get inside. They must be punished with death for killing these people," said Irfan, another infuriated local.

   There were 164 patients in the building at the time the fire.

   
   
   

   Kolkata has witnessed several fire incidents in the recent years, including the Stephen Court blaze of 2010, but the picture of mismanagement remains unchanged even today.

   Police claim doctors, nurses and other hospital staff escaped immediately after the blaze began consuming the building.

   Rescue workers evacuate a woman after a fire engulfed Amri hospital in Kolkata - AFP
   
   
   

   Black smoke was billowing out of the various floors of the building till 1130 am while the chief minister herself joined the crowd management in the area and urged people to allow smooth rescue operation.

   
   

   Mamata Banerjee ordered the arrest of AMRI officials after police complaint was lodged against the hospital and a criminal case was registered under sections of Indian Penal Code which are non-bailable offence.

   
   

   Firemen smashed the glass panes of the building to enter inside to rescue the people and allow air circulation.

   
   

   Local people alleged that the hospital authorities tried to prevent them from entering the building when they rushed for rescue.

   
   

   Reports said even the firemen were not initially allowed to enter the basement area.

   
   

   Angry Sudipto Nandy, who lost his 32-year-old brother-in-law Amitava Das in the tragedy, said many could have been saved if the hospital authorities had allowed the people to come inside and rescue the patients.

   
   

   "We had already spent Rs 9 lakh in treatment there and it all ended with such a horrible death. They had locked the hospital from inside preventing the people from going in for rescue," Nandy said.

   
   

   A sobbing victim's kin said the hospital staff had left the patients to die since none from the staff was injured (later it was found three staff also died in the fire).

   
   

   There were about 161 patients in the building when the fire broke out.

   
   

   People were waving white sheets from the windows while one patient was seen trying to climb out from a one with the IV fluid bottle still attached to his arm.

   
   

   Though the cause of the fire is still unknown, authorities say the blaze broke out at the basement of the annexe building of the hospital campus, that has three buildings, and soon engulfed the first three floors.

   
   

   The other buildings, however, remained unaffected.

   
   

   The hospital's vice-president S Upadhayay said they immediately switched off the electricity and informed the Kolkata Police and fire brigade.

   
   

   "We informed them without loss of time," he said, adding that thick smoke became a hindrance in fighting the blaze and rescuing patients.

   
   

   He claimed that 70 percent of the patients were rescued, but had no proper explanation on why the basement was turned into a dumping ground.

   
   

   Around 20 fire engines were at the spot trying to douse the flames and have largely brought them under control by noon but operations continued till late in the evening.

   
   

   Rescue workers, aided by local residents, tried to evacuate the building but were facing difficulty owing to the narrow road leading to the hospital.

   
   

   Most of those who died were reported to have choked to death from the smoke and flames.

   
   Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her deep shock over the death of over 80 people in an hospital fire today in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
   
   "I am deeply shocked and distressed", Prime Minister's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad quoted her as saying in a message to her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.
   
   He said Hasina was particularly saddened as the victims died at the facility where they had gone for relief and succor from maladies affecting them.
   
   He said the Bangladesh premier, who just returned from her tour to Indonesia, conveyed her deep sympathy to the members of the bereaved families and prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls and wished early recovery of the injured people.
   
   Foreign minister Dipu Moni in two messages to her counterpart in New Delhi SM Krishna and West Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee mourned the casualties at the privately-run five-storey AMRI hospital at at Dhakuria area of Kolkata.
   
   "We were shocked and dismayed to learn about the devastating fire and the resulting casualties", she said in her message to Krishna.
   
   In her message to Banerjee, Moni said "on behalf of the Government and people of Bangladesh and on my own behalf, I convey to you and through you to the members of the bereaved family, my heartfelt condolences".
   
   Bangladesh deputy commission in Kolkata today confirmed death of at least one Bangladeshi in the fire incident.
   
   "The death of the lone Bangladeshi confirmed so far is 65-year old Garanga Mandol, who hails from Munshiganj", a spokesman of the mission said.
   
   

   Kolkata fire: Manmohan announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia

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   The Lok Sabha on Friday mourned the deaths in a hospital fire in South Kolkata.
   "I am sure the House would join me in empathising in this hour of grief with the members of the families, who became victims of this unfortunate incident," Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said in the House.
   Members stood in silence for a short while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. At least 70 patients suffocated to death when a massive fire broke in the seven-storey private AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria in south Kolkata early on Friday morning.
   Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has also expressed shock and anguish over the loss of life in the tragedy and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families of those, who lost their lives in the fire. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 each of those grievously injured.
   The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has also expressed his heartfelt condolence at the death of victims in the tragic fire at AMRI Hospital, the superspeciality private hospital in Kolkata.
   In a letter written to the Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, Mr. Azad offered all possible help and assistance from the Centre. Union Health Secretary, Mr. P.K. Pradhan, also spoke to the Chief Secretary and Health Secretary of West Bengal twice during the course of the day offering any services that might be required from Centre.
   Keywords: Kolkata hospital fire, AMRI hospital
   
   
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   The right stuff: Mamata and her trial by AMRI fire

   Today was Mamata Banerjee's test by fire. And Didi showed everyone that when it comes to a crisis, there are few others in West Bengal you would want on your side.
   The horrendous fire at the AMRI hospital in Kolkata has left at least 73 people dead and left enormous chaos in its wake. But it has also reminded Bengalis of the reason they elected Mamata Banerjee to power earlier this year. When it comes to a crisis like this, the woman is a natural-born leader.
   No nonsense. Take charge. Empathetic. And genuine.
   Two hundred days into her government, Mamata Banerjee, hugely successful as a drama-prone, rabble rousing opposition leader, has struggled to fit into the shoes of a chief minister and administrator. She has been accused of micro-managing, unable to delegate, mercurial and governing by symbolism. She is better at blocking, whether its FDI or water talks with Bangladesh, than actually doing anything say her critics.
   But the AMRI fire showed that there is one thing Mamata excels in. It's taking charge and being decisive especially in a situation where everyone else  seems to be busy ducking responsibility.
   

   The AMRI fire showed that there is one thing Mamata excels in. It's taking charge and being decisive. PTI

   Eight hours after the devastating fire, the authorities at AMRI were missing in action.
   "We got a call from our relative at 4 in the morning saying he was feeling suffocated. And he had rung the bell for a nurse and no one came," said one family member to a Bangla channel. "And when we came the security guards would not let us in or tell us anything."
   The AMRI disaster quickly turned into an information black hole. Eight hours after the fire broke out, AMRI had not managed to set up a helpline or an information desk. Patients' families were milling around, distraught with worry, unsure if their relatives were dead or alive or had been shifted to another hospital.  The tension and uncertainty erupted into bedlam as family members shattered glass in the reception area and the police resorted to a lathi charge.
   "This is not a time for lathi charge," scolded the chief minister standing on the grounds of the hospital. "Is this a place for fighting?" But she also requested people with folded hands to not obstruct the police and rescue workers. She was everything she needed to be at that moment – firm, cajoling, outraged yet reassuring without striking a false political note. She wasn't the usual politician, just sitting by the victims' beds and announcing compensation from the chief minister's relief fund.
   Instead she took action. Within minutes, she announced setting up four help-desks. Within hours, she announced the hospital's licence had been revoked and she was directing that the hospital owner be arrested. She said people sell their belongings to be able to afford treatment in these kinds of high end private hospitals. And this kind of shoddy emergency response was just unacceptable. The hospital was not even able to provide a blueprint of the building layout to the firemen.
   "This license will not exist now," Mamata said firmly.
   Mamata didn't just do the politician meet and greet. She went from hospital to hospital, standing there, making sure that arriving patients were getting proper treatment, that the post-mortems were going smoothly. Take colour photographs of the faces of the bodies so families can identify them quicker she directed. And she did not forget to thank the youth from the nearby slums who were the first responders to the blaze, risking life and limb to plunge into the smoke and haul out patients, trapped in their beds and wheelchairs. All this while she is dealing with her own family emergency. Her mother is gravely sick, and in hospital.
   One could say it's easy for Mamata as the new sheriff in town to act tough. Her administration cannot be held to task for licences that were issued to AMRI when they built their new extension. But that misses the point. In a city that is still defined by its close-knitpaaras or neighbourhoods, you could tell why everyone calls her big sister. In a moment of chaos and crisis, one can tell who is a leader and who is just a politician.
   Today, at least, Mamata Banerjee passes the test.
   
   http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-right-stuff-mamata-and-her-trial-by-amri-fire-152261.html
   
   

   Horror hospital: Fire dept asked AMRI to clear basement in July

   Dec 9, 2011
   Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that officials from the fire brigade had told AMRI hospital to clear its basement in July this year, and the hospital had responded with an affidavit pledging to do so in two months. This piece of news comes even as the death toll from the fire has risen to 88, while many more are still missing.
   After the major fire that broke out in AMRI hospital today, the state has decided to take precautionary measures. Two committees have been set up to look at the fire plans in the city's malls starting from tomorrow, 10 December.
   Six directors of AMRI hospital have been held, following the outbreak of a massive fire that broke out at the AMRI hospital this morning. Meanwhile Police have filed a case against the owners of AMRI hospital under section 304 of the penal code. Section 304 deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The owners, RS Goenka and SK Todi have surrendered to the Lalbazar police station where a case has been filed against them.
   Earlier in the day Banerjee cancelled the hospital's licence as a law and order decision and called for the owner's arrest. RS Goenka is a co founder of Emami, while SK Todi is the Chairman of Shrachi. The Left front has announced a statewide day of mourning tomorrow (10 December). AMRI board member Rahul Todi told Bangla channel 24 Ghonta that they would have to accept the revocation of its license.
   Meanwhile a preliminary investigation has revealed that an electrical short circuit was most likely the cause of the fire. The investigation has said that an electric panel was burned. Banerjee has also set up a high level investigative committee into the incident under the mayor of Kolkata. The Lalbazar police headquarters has also opened a special investigation into the incident.
   The National Disaster Response Force that was checking the basement of AMRI hospital for a radiation leak, have said that there is no leak.
   The hospital first said that 70 percent of its patients had been rescued, but it transpires that 88 of the 160 patients admitted at the time were killed in the incident. There is also worry that SSKM hospital which is receiving the bodies of those who were killed in the fire, may run out of space in its morgue. Bangla television channel 24 ghonta, reports that most people have died from suffocation not burns.
   The Vice President of AMRI Satyabrata Upadhyay, has said the hospital will offer Rs 5 lakh as compensation for families of the dead. However victims are demanding further justice.
   Bangla television channel Star Ananda said 65 bodies have been recovered from the AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata. Meanwhile there are scenes of grief outside the SSKM hospital, where 41 bodies have been brought. Banerjee has said that if needed, she is willing to provide government employment to relatives of those who were killed in the fire.
   As the news of the death toll began sinking in, there was a flurry of response. Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressed her sadness, while Chief Minister of Jammu and KashmirOmar Abdullah tweeted, "Every time I see incidents like "#AMRI" I'm convinced we really are a 3rd world nation with delusions of greatness." Prime Minister Manmohan Singhexpressed grief over the loss of life and sanctioned Rs two lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those injured.
   

   Local TV channels said 65 bodies have been recovered from the AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata. Bikas Das/AP

   The fire brigade said it will file an FIR against AMRI as it was unable to provide them with a blueprint of the building plan, effectively hampering rescue operations. Fire department officials have said that hospital authorities were unable to even tell them where the emergency exits and stairs were. The hospital has also been accused of violating safety norms and using the basement as a godown. The fire started in the basement at around 3.30am. A number of fire fighters are also reportedly suffering from smoke inhalation.
   AMRI hospital has said that there was no delay on their part in calling the fire brigade and that the fire was quickly brought under control, but thick smoke hampered rescue operations. However patients family members have disagreed.
   All post mortems are scheduled to take place at SSKM. However it is feared that many more patients, doctors and nurses, including those in the intensive care units are still trapped inside the upper floors of the hospital. Bangla channels have reported that 12 patients transferred to other hospitals have died and that bodies have been found on the roof of the hospital as well. The fire brigade has said that although the fire was in the basement, the central AC system carried the smoke all through the building, causing asphyxiation.
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   People evacuate patients from the fire scene. AP
   

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   Earlier angry relatives of patients threw stones and smashed panes at the hospital registry, as they were being given no information about patients conditions and whereabouts. Police had to lathi charge a group of people throwing bricks. The hospital admitted that it was unprepared and said that they do not have a helpline set up for the families of patients who may have been injured or killed in a fire that broke out in its premises early this morning. Meanwhile West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is at the site, has called for a camp to be set up to give information on the patients.
   Banerjee also called on Kolkatta's SSKM hospital has to open an emergency unit to accommodate patients.
   Fire Services Minister Javed Khan said the hospital also did not have proper fire-fighting equipment. Some bodies were found in departments that firemen were able to access, he said.
   The fire which was suspected to have originated in the electrical department in the basement of the centrally air-conditioned building swiftly spread, with the third floor and above being affected the most, fire brigade sources said.
   The fire brigade dispatched 25 fire engines, which took time to reach the smoke-engulfed building because of narrow approach roads, Hakim said.
   Firemen using ladders smashed window panes to release smoke and rescue patients trapped inside the ICU, ICCU, ITU and Critical Care units. The main power supply was also cut.
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   Fire Safety: It's not just about Kolkata, it's all of India

   Dec 9, 2011
   by Wiseman
   One of our commenters "Wiseman" wrote us a strong, smart comment in response to our coverage of the fire at the AMRI Hospital – Horror hospital: Police file case against AMRI owners under section 304 of penal code– which we have now published as a separate post. In his comment Wiseman rightly points out that the real problem is a lack of fire safety awareness and public discipline in India as a whole.
   People are unnecessarily blaming Kolkata, it's true that Kolkata has it's deficiencies but AMRI is a modern private hospital, the building is new and is not built in a congested area. Fire services can reach it quickly, this could happen in any city in India.
   

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   I saw the Carlton Tower fire in Bangalore. It's the same story everywhere–no fire fighting equipment, no basic fire safety training imparted to people, congested traffic preventing fire engines from reaching in time and to make it worse, people in India stand and watch the accident as if it's some kind of tamasha, many a times blocking the road and access for safety personnel.
   When the fire broke out in Carlton tower, people rushed onto the streets and blocked the ambulances from reaching the hospital on time. Utter and complete lack of discipline.
   However, Firstpost author Sandip Roy pointed out, "Actually this is a new building but in a congested area. The fire trucks couldnt get to the back of the building because the approach was too narrow."
   
   http://www.firstpost.com/india/fire-safety-its-not-just-about-kolkata-its-all-of-india-152305.html
   

   'Choked to death in this bloody hospital'

   FP Staff Dec 9, 2011
   Shocked relatives of the patients who died in the fire atAMRI hospital in Kolkata have expressed anger and grief over the incident.
   The relatives say that the fire started at around midnight and not 3:30 am as claimed by the hospital authorities.
   

   The bodies of patients were brought out only after 7 am in the morning. AP

   The bodies of the patients were brought out only after 7 am in the morning, say relatives, which explains the fact that 70 of the 161 patients died of asphyxiation. Eyewitnesses also claimed that the fire tenders reached the site late.
   Grieving over her mother's death, one of the several people who lost their relatives in the fire claimed that none of the hospital staff died in the fire. It is, however, now confirmed that at least three of the hospital staff have died in the fire. She said, as did several others, that the hospital staff abandoned the patients after the fire broke out and no one helped them.
   
   
   http://www.firstpost.com/india/choked-to-death-in-this-bloody-hospital-152086.html
   

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The Times of India reported 73 people, including three hospital staff, died and many more were injured in the... 73 dead in fire at Kolkata hospital Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine - ‎51 minutes ago‎ Police and hospital sources said 73 people had died in the fire at the private 190-bed AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria in the southern fringes. The fire in the annexe building of the hospital was detected at around 3:30am by local people who rushed to the ... AMRI: Inflammable goods stored at basement IBNLive.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ PTI Kolkata: The basement of the fire-ravaged AMRI Hospital in Kolkata was used for storing inflammable articles and not for car parking, a senior corporation official alleged. Kolkata Municipal Corporation DG (building) Devasish Kar alleged d that the ... President condoles loss of life in Kolkata hospital fire IBNLive.com - ‎2 hours ago‎ PTI | 05:12 PM,Dec 09,2011 Kolkata, Dec 09 (PTI) President Pratibha Patil today condoled the loss of life in the AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata and wished speedy recovery of the injured. "The President has condoled loss of life in Kolkata hospital fire ... Angry kins, citizens react to AMRI tragedy indiablooms - ‎2 hours ago‎ Filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor attacked the lack of proper safety arrangements in the AMRI hospital and remarked: "Over half patients now confirmed suffocated 2 death in Kolkata hospital fire with prev history offire n still no smoke alarm. ... Tears and anger at Calcutta hospital blaze BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎ As I approached the AMRI hospital in south Calcutta in the morning, I could see columns of smoke rising even from a distance. At least 25 fire engines were at the site - with firefighters trying to both douse ... 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An Associated Press report ... 89 killed in colossal fire at Kolkata hospital,Mamta orders FIR Punjab Newsline - ‎1 hour ago‎ KOLKATA: In a tragic incident, 89 people had been reported to be dead owing to colossal fire and and several others injured following the breaking out of colossal fire at the AMRI hospital in Dhakuria of south Kolkata in the wee hours on Friday. ... Kolkata fire: Filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor blasts AMRI administration on Twitter Daily Bhaskar - ‎2 hours ago‎ In what seemed like a well-researched outpour, Shekhar divulged details of the hospital, saying, "AMRI hired Ernst n Young n Kotak Mahindra 2 make Rs 5 billion bid for Sterling Hospitals bt cld nt install fire alarms. Shame." And followed it up with, ... 5THLD FIRE TWO IBNLive.com - ‎34 minutes ago‎ AMRI Hospital announced Rs 5 lakh as compensation for the next of kin of those who died, while those injured would be treated free at the hospital. All dues of those admitted when the fire broke out would be waived. 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In PHOTOS: Six held for Kolkata hospital fire, toll rises to 84 Rediff - ‎30 minutes ago‎ Six persons, including industrialist SK Todi of the AMRI group, were arrested on Friday for the devastating fireat AMRI Hospital that claimed 84 lives. The licence of the hospital where most victims suffocated to death was also cancelled. ... Scores die in Indian hospital inferno Sydney Morning Herald - ‎1 hour ago‎ Firefighters on long ladders smashed windows in the upper floors of the AMRI hospital to pull trapped patients out before they suffocated, while sobbing relatives waited on the street below. Rescue workers took some patients on stretchers and in... 88 killed in Kolkata hospital blaze indiablooms - ‎1 hour ago‎ The AMRI Hospital authorities confirmed the death of 73 people, but the toll later rose to 88 as more succumbed from the fire that originated from the callously stored inflammable objects in the basement of the hospital which sports a swanky exterior. ... 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   How to address India's healthcare disaster

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   India Inc high on healthcare business opportunity

   P B Jayakumar & Abhineet Kumar / Mumbai June 29, 2010, 1:22 IST T N Ninan There has been a chorus of protest over the finance minister's proposal to impose a 5 per cent service tax on centrally air-conditioned hospitals that have more than 25 beds. One deviant result (mimicking what used to happen in industry when small-scale reservation ruled) could be that larger hospitals get split into units of 24-bed facilities! Meanwhile, a well-regarded surgeon like Devi Shetty of Narayana Hridulaya has proposed that March 12 be observed as Misery Day, to protest against the 'Misery Tax'. The protestors miss the point, and the finance minister should answer them by promising that revenue collected from the tax will fund public hospitals -- a repeat of the education cess. Click NEXT to read on . . . Photographs: Reuters     Next Source:

   
   The Ambani brothers have done it and so have a host of leading corporate houses. India Inc's love affair with the health care business has just begun to blossom
   Mukesh Ambani is going to set up one of the best world-class hospitals in India at Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital (HNH), under his Reliance Foundation. "This new facility, fully integrated with technology and high-quality diagnostics, is expected to be functional within the next two years", Ambani told shareholders two weeks ago.
   His younger brother, Anil Ambani has already ventured into the health care space by setting up the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Research Institute in Mumbai, a 750-bed tertiary care hospital with one of the largest health care infrastructure facilities in the country.
   Anil Ambani's Reliance Health is now planning to step up its presence in the health care space in a big way. Others who are eyeing the business potential of health care in India include names like the Hindujas, Sahara Group, Emami, Apollo Tyres and the Panacea Group.
   They have enough reasons for doing so. A study conducted by Ficci and Ernst & Young suggests that by the end of 2025, India will need as many as 1.75 million additional beds and the public sector is expected to contribute only 15–20 per cent to the $86-billion investment required. At present, India has only 860 hospital beds per million population against a world average of 2,600 per million population.
   So the Subrato Roy-led Sahara Group, which has a couple of hospitals already, is stepping on the gas. The group is planning to set up a 1,500-bed multi super-specialty, tertiary care hospital at Aamby Valley City, a 200-bed multi-specialty tertiary care hospital at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and 30-bed multi-speciality secondary care hospitals across all the 217 Sahara City Homes Townships. Of these 217 hospitals, the first phase comprises 88 townships of which the first nine hospitals will soon come up at Ahmadabad, Aurangabad, Coimbatore, Indore, Gwalior, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur and Solapur.
   This will require an investment of about Rs 3,000 crore-4,000 crore.
   "We have been in advanced stages of discussions with several hospital operators for strategic partnerships. We are also in talks with several financial institutions and private equity players for investments into these projects," said Sushanto Roy, chief executive officer of Sahara Prime City, the Group's flagship housing company.
   Changes in demographics is leading to an altered mix of disease profiles and increasing incidences of lifestyle-related diseases. Rising literacy rates and growing awareness is leading to an increased demand for quality health care. Of late, the penetration of health insurance has also resulted in greater awareness, as well as availing of health care facilities, says Roy.
   Artemis Health Sciences (AHS), a health care venture launched by promoters of the Apollo Tyres Group, is also on an expansion spree. Its first project, Artemis Health Institute at Gurgaon, a 260-bed tertiary care super-specialty hospital set up with an investment of Rs 260 crore, is already up and running. The Group is planning to build four to eight multi-specialty hospitals in the next three years in north India in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, said Kushagra Katariya, chief executive of Artemis Health Institute.
   "At present, only 10 per cent of the total one million beds in India are managed by the private sector. The average life span of people is growing and lifestyle diseases are becoming more common, fueling the need of corporate entry into territory health care," said .
   Fast growing beauty care product maker Emami, which ventured into creating quality healthcare facilities in eastern India in Orissa and West Bengal, is also on an expansion spree.
   
   
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   Healthcare
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   Brief Overview India is perched to witness additional growth in its economy as a result of positive trends within the healthcare sector. Reports clearly suggest that healthcare sector is going to be one of the major sectors that would fuel the economic growth and will contribute to the increased revenues, along with IT Services and Education sectors in the country. Over 40 million new jobs and 200 billion increased revenues are expected to be generated by the Indian healthcare sector till 2020, as per a report titled, "India's New Opportunities- 2020", prepared by the All India Management Association, Boston Consulting Group and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Healthcare – Market Size The Indian healthcare sector is poised to reach US$ 280 billion by the year 2020, thereby contributing an expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) spend of 8 per cent by 2012 from 5.5 per cent in 2009, according to a report by an industry body. A US$ 36 billion industry today and growing at 15 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), the Indian healthcare industry will reach the market value of US$ 280 billion by 2022. Increasing population, higher expenditure on lifestyles, rising market of health insurance, government initiatives for better medical infrastructure, and focus on Public Private Partnership (PPP) models are some of the driving factors for the growth of healthcare sector in India. Major players in the Indian healthcare sector include Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, Fortis Healthcare Ltd, Max Hospitals and Aravind Eye Hospitals. Healthcare – Trends and Investments US medical devices-maker Welch Allyn plans big India expansion and boosts its presence in India. The US-based company has a range of products such as stethoscope, ophthalmoscope, BP monitors, cardio-pulmonary and thermometry devices. "Welch Allyn has drawn up an aggressive five-year strategy to focus on the Indian market, as we target revenues of US$ 5 million by 2015," according to Con Hickey, Senior V-P, Japan, Asia Pacific and Africa. Welch Allyn has selected Garuda Med Equipments as its marketing and distribution partner in India. The plan behind the joint venture is to focus the resources on customers in primary healthcare centres and B&C class cities and rural market in the country. Aventis Pharma, a unit of France's Sanofi, a drug maker company intends to acquire unlisted Universal Medicare's nutraceuticals business in order to boost its share in the Indian healthcare segment in the country. Universal Medicare's turnover of the nutraceuticals business, which comprises of over 40 over-the-counter formulations, is estimated at over US$ 23.13 million, as according to Shailesh Ayyangar, Managing Director, Aventis Pharma, the acquisition will offer both the groups to extend their services to larger section of the Indian population by offering a higher variety of medical services that comprise of pharmaceuticals, vaccines and nutraceuticals. Medical-equipment maker Trivitron Healthcare intends to invest US$ 21.02 million in 2011 on capacity expansions and acquisitions. Trivitron has set up a 25-acre medical-technology park at Irungattukottai, near Chennai, which has started its operations in September 2010. With 10 housing facilities, the park currently operates one factory for manufacturing ultrasound and colour Doppler machines (under a joint venture with Hitachi Aloka). Medical Tourism As per the study conducted by the India's commerce chamber, medical tourism industry in India is competitive in nature and has been able to attract a large number of foreign visitors surpassing the figures for other South East Asian countries, thereby contributing significantly to the country's economy. In a report titled, 'Emerging Trends in Domestic Medical Tourism Sector,' by a leading industry body it was stated that an estimated 3.2 million medical tourists would arrive in India by 2015. The report stated that the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal and New Delhi have been identified as the major destinations for medical tourists in the country. These states have adequate medical infrastructure for medical operations, cosmetic surgeries such as facelifts, botox treatment, tummy tucks, eye and dental care have so far proven the most sought after treatments by foreign patients. Serving more than 850,000 foreign patients every year, India has been able to uphold a strategic advantage and with the existing 40 per cent CAGR, a leading industry body estimates that the medical tourism sector could rise to US$ 2.4 billion by 2015. Pages: [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

   
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   NCOS' report "Opportunities in Indian Healthcare Sector" provides extensive research and objective analysis on the Healthcare Sector in India. This report has been written to help clients in analyzing the opportunities critical to the growth of healthcare market in India. Detailed data and analysis will help the investors to comprehend the changing dynamics of the Healthcare Industry.

   
   

   Key Findings

   
   

   - Healthcare industry is the world's largest industry with total revenues of approx US$ 2.8 Trillion (2005).

   - India's high population makes it an important player in the Healthcare Industry. According to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, the Indian healthcare industry has the potential to show the same exponential growth that the software industry showed in the past decade.

   - In India, 80% of the healthcare expenditure is borne by the patients and that borne by the state   is 12%. The expenditure covered by insurance claims is 3%. As a result, the price sensitivity is quite high and the high-level healthcare facilities are not in the reach of patients.

   - Among the top five therapeutic segments, gastro-intestinal and cardiac therapies are experiencing both high volume and value growth. Opthologicals, cardiovascular, anti-diabetic and neurological drugs continue to top the growth list. The anti-infective, neurology, cardiovascular and anti-diabetic segments have witnessed a high number of new product launches in the recent years.

   - With increasing number of non-insured population in western countries and increasing healthcare expenditure to GDP resulting in people to opt for treatment options out side their country.

   - Medical Tourism in India will be one of the major sources for foreign exchange.

   
   

   Key Issues and Facts Analyzed

   
   

   The research report also addresses the issues and the facts that are critical to business success, such as:

   - What are the emerging trends in the Healthcare sector in India?

   - What are the regulations and the policies environment in the industry?

   - What is the future scenario of the Healthcare Market in India?

   - Who are the Key players in the Healthcare Market in India?

   - What opportunities exist for the Healthcare Market?

   - What Challenges are faced by the industry?

   - How is the market affected by the other factors prevailing in the economy?

   - Trends in Indian Medical Tourism Industry?

   
   

   Key Players Analyzed

   
   

   This section provides the overview, key facts, financial information, future plans and business strategies of prominent players in the Indian Healthcare Market like Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, Fortis Healthcare Ltd, Max India Ltd and SRL Ranbaxy.

   
   

   Research Methodology

   
   

   Information Sources

   Information has been sourced from many sources like books, newspapers, trade journals and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, industry news and through access to more than 3000 paid databases.

   
   

   Analysis Methods

   The analysis methods includes the following: Ratio Analysis, Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis.

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   Healthcare in India

   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   *	It has been suggested that Health Issue In Rural India be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since October 2011.

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   AIIMS' students educating slum dwellers in Delhiabout water-borne diseases.

   Healthcare in India features a universal health care system run by the constituent states and territories of India. The Constitution charges every state with "raising of the level ofnutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties". The National Health Policy was endorsed by the Parliament of India in 1983 and updated in 2002.[citation needed]

   Contents  [hide] 1 Healthcare Issues 1.1 Malnutrition 1.2 High infant mortality rate 1.3 Diseases 1.4 Poor sanitation 1.5 Inadequate safe drinking water 2 Healthcare infrastructure 3 See also 4 References 5 External links




[edit]Healthcare Issues

[edit]Malnutrition

47% of India's children below the age of three are malnourished, almost twice the statistics of sub-Saharan African region of 28%.[1] World Bank estimates this figure to be 60 million children out of a global estimated total of 146 million.[2] Although India's economy grew 50% from 2001–2006, its child-malnutrition rate only dropped 1%, lagging behind countries of similar growth rate.[3] Malnutrition impedes the social and cognitive development of a child, reducing his educational attainment and income as an adult.[3] These irreversible damages result in lower productivity.[3]


[edit]High infant mortality rate

Approximately 1.72 million children die each year before turning one.[4] The under five mortality rate and infant mortality rate indicators have been declining comparing years 1970 and 2002 (202 to 90 & 192 to 68 per thousand live births respectively).[4] However, this rate of decline is slowing. Reduced funding for immunization leaves only 43.5% of the young fully immunized.[3] Infrastructures like hospitals, roads, water and sanitation are lacking in rural areas.[5] Shortages of healthcare providers, poor intra-partum and newborn care, diarrheal diseases and acute respiratory infections, also contribute to the high infant mortality rate.[4]


[edit]Diseases

Diseases such as dengue fever, hepatitis, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia continue to plague India due to increased resistance to drugs.[6] India is ranked 3rd among the countries with the most number of HIV-infected.[7] Diarrheal diseases are the primary causes of early childhood mortality.[8] These diseases can be attributed to poor sanitation and inadequate safe drinking water in India.[9]


[edit]Poor sanitation

As more than 122 million households have no toilets and 33% lack access to latrines, over 50% of the population (638 million) defecates in the open.[10] This is relatively higher than Bangladesh and Brazil (7%) and China (4%).[10] Although 211 million people gained access to improved sanitation from 1990–2008, only 31% uses them.[10] 11% of the Indian rural families dispose of child stools safely whereas 80% of the population leave their stools in the open or throw them into the garbage.[10] Open air defecation leads to the spreading of diseases and malnutrition through parasitic and bacterial infections.[11]


[edit]Inadequate safe drinking water

Access to protected sources of drinking water has improved from 68% of the population in 1990 to 88% in 2008.[10] However, only 26% of the slum population has access to safe drinking water[11] and 25% of the total population has drinking water on their premises.[10] This problem is exacerbated by falling levels of groundwater, caused mainly by increasing extraction for irrigation.[10] Insufficient maintenance of the environment around water sources, groundwater pollution, excessive arsenic and fluoride in drinking water pose a major threat to India's health.[10]


[edit]Healthcare infrastructure

The Indian healthcare industry is seen to be growing at a rapid pace and is expected to become a US$280 billion industry by 2020.[12]
Rising income levels and a growing elderly population are all factors that are driving this growth. In addition, changing demographics, disease profiles and the shift from chronic to lifestyle diseases in the country has led to increased spending on healthcare delivery.[13]
In order to meet manpower shortages and reach world standards India would require investments of up to $20 billion over the next 5 years.[14]


[edit]See also

• Environment of India
• HIV/AIDS in India
• Indian states ranking by institutional delivery
• National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
• Poverty in India



[edit]References

1. ^ "India's Malnutrition Dilemma". Source: The New York Times 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
2. ^ "Child Malnutrition In India: Why does it persist? /". Source: Report by Sam Mendelson, Dr. Samir Chaudhuri. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
3. ^ a b c d "India's Medical Emergency". Source: Time US. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
4. ^ a b c "Childhood Mortality and Health in India". Source: Institute of Economic Growth University of Delhi Enclave North Campus India by Suresh Sharma. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
5. ^ "Medical and Healthcare Facility Plagued". Source: Abhinandan S, Dr Ramadoss. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
6. ^ "Dengue". Source: Centrers for Disease Control and Prevention US. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
7. ^ "HIV/AIDS". Source: Unicef India. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
8. ^ "Life Expectancy and Mortality in India". Source: The Prajnopaya Foundation. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
9. ^ "Health Conditions". Source: US Library of Congress. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Water, Environment and Sanitation". Source: Unicef India. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
11. ^ a b "Initiatives: Hygiene and Sanitation". Source: Sangam Unity in Action. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
12. ^ "Indian Healthcare: The Growth Story". Indianhealthcare.in. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
13. ^ "Medical Industry Diagnosis: Triage for Health Care and New Vision for Life Sciences - India Knowledge@Wharton". Knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
14. ^ "Medical Industry Diagnosis: Triage for Health Care and New Vision for Life Sciences - India Knowledge@Wharton". Knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-24.This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Library of Congress Country Studies.



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• The State of the World's Midwifery - India Country Profile
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  REVIEW OF HEALTHCARE IN INDIA
  
  Editors: Leena V. Gangolli, Ravi Duggal and Abhya Shukla
  
  
  
  

  India pledged along with other WHO member Nations, 'Health for All by the Year 2000' at Alma-Ata in 1978; and in the same year signed the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Article 12, in which the State is obliged to achieve the highest attainable standard of health. However the health scenario in India is abysmal.

  
  

  In India, annually 22 lakh infants and children die from preventable illnesses; 1 lakh mothers die during child birth, 5 lakh people die of Tuberculosis. Diarrhoea and Malaria continue to be killers while 5 million people are suffering from HIV/AIDS.

  
  

  In context of poverty, access to public health systems is critical. However, since 1990s, the public health system has been collapsing and the private health sector has flourished at the cost of the public health sector.

  
  

  Health policy in India has shifted its focus from being a comprehensive universal healthcare system as defined by the Bhore Committee (1946) to a selective and targeted programme based healthcare policy with the public domain being confined to family planning, immunization, selected disease surveillance and medical education and research.

  
  

  The larger outpatient care is almost a private health sector monopoly and the hospital sector is increasingly being surrendered to the market. The decline of public investments and expenditures in the health sector since 1992 has further weakened the public health sector thus adversely affecting the poor and other vulnerable sections of society. Introduction of user fees for public health services in many states has further reduced their access to health services.

  
  

  The time has come to reclaim public health and make a paradigm shift from a policy-based entitlement for healthcare to a rights based entitlement. For this healthcare has to become a political agenda.

  
  

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  SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
  
  Introduction to Review of Healthcare in India - Ravi Duggal and Leena V. Gangolli
  
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  Historical Review of Health Policy Making - Ravi Duggal
  
  Public Health Services in India: A Historical Perspective - Ritu Priya
  
  Programmes for Control of Communicable Diseases - Leena V. Gangolli and Rakhal Gaitonde
  
  New Initiatives in the Immunization Programme - Anant Phadke
  
  Community Health Worker Programmes and The Public Health System - T. Sundararaman
  
  The Way the Wind Blows: Population Policies in India - Mohan Rao
  
  Mental Health in India: Review of Current Trends and Directions for Future - Aparna Joshi
  
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  Reproductive Health Services: The Transition from Policy Discourse to Implemention - Sama Team
  
  Gender-based Violence and the Role of the Public Health System - Padma Deosthali and Poornima Maghnani
  
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  Public Health Expenditures, Investment and Financing Under the Shadow of a Growing Private Sector - Ravi Duggal
  
  Extent of Inequity in Access to Health Care Services in India - T.R. Dilip
  
  Private Health Sector in India: Raising Inequities - Rama Baru
  
  Fundamental Right to Health and Health Care - S.V. Joga Rao
  
  Availability of Drugs in India - S Srinivasan
  
  SECTION 5: CONCLUSION
  
  Reclaiming Public Health: An Unfolding Struggle for Health Rights and Social Change - Abhay Shukla
  
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  Strengthening health care system in India: Is privatization the only answer?
  
  Arun K Aggarwal
  PGIMER School of Public Health, Chandigarh - 160 012, India
  India has achieved substantial improvement in its health indicators. Life expectancy has increased, infant and maternal mortality has declined, and the coverage of most of the National Health Programmes is better. However, this progress is uneven; there are large State-wide variations, and performance in some States is abysmally low. [1] Lack of accountability is plaguing the Indian health system.
  
  The productivity of public health sector has been rather low, and it is often considered one of the 'sick unit.' A popular 'treatment' to this 'sickness' is public-private partnership (PPP), which has become a buzz word today. Although PPP does not imply privatization alone, [2] it has many other options available; but it may lead to privatization in its current format. Providing land and infrastructure to private players and letting them operate the health facilities in their own way cannot be labeled PPP. Monitoring the regulation capacity of public health system is very much inadequate currently, without which PPP is not possible. At this stage, privatization means that 20% of the people who are very poor and depend on government system will be left with no option. In India, already 80% of the curative care is being sought by people from the private sector. [3] Privatization will increase the gap between rich and poor, amounting to encouraging 'survival of the richest,' which cannot be the goal of any civilized society. The argument that the poor already incur out-of-the-pocket expense for getting services cannot be applied to favor privatization. Therefore, instead of privatization of health services, one should think of ways and means of using the taxpayers' money, which runs into crores of rupees, to bring the health benefit to the poorest people. Multidisciplinary approach with public health experts taking the lead role can help.
  
  One of the most important functions at State level is resource mapping, planning, and monitoring. Lack of managerial expertise at this level has a cascading effect down the line. State-level health managers require political, administrative, and technical support to initiate effective actions. States should create a health advisory committee with experts from the faculty of public health, business management/health administration institutions, not-for-profit health NGOs, for-profit health organizations, and state health departments. Public health institutions, such us Departments of Preventive and Social Medicine/Community Medicine, can participate in resource mapping, planning, and activity monitoring It will comprise of monthly report reviews from state health departments and client feedback by partner NGOs from consumer groups. Identified problems/issues can then be placed to the committee for finding solutions after taking technical inputs from business management and social science experts. State health officials can facilitate the process. This committee can review district data every three months in a cyclic manner.
  
  Block-wise analysis up to sub-centre level should be done for each district. It is expected that this joint review process will lead to shared understanding of strengths and weaknesses of the health system, activate joint action plans, minimize duplication of efforts, and optimize scarce resources. Computerization of the health service input and output data according to the institutions shall be a primary requirement to identify better performing institutions/individuals based upon agreed minimum indicators for strengthening accountability in the system.
  
  Human resources is another key component of any system. Therefore, incentivization of the human resource should be taken up as a priority issue, i.e. increments/promotions/study leaves, and resource allocation should be linked to performance. Autonomous hospitals need to be created where transfer is not possible, and the staff has a stake in the development of the institution and competes for resources based on the services rendered to the poor people. Recruitment and placement of staff at these institutions should be done at local level on tenure contracts so as to minimize vacancies.
  
  A separate public health cadre at district level should be created with suitable avenues for upgradation of educational qualification to postgraduate level, i.e., Master of Public Health and MD in Community Medicine. They should be entrusted with the management of National Health Programmes for TB, HIV, RCH, etc., and health institutions. Financial management should also receive priority, and financial specialists should be made responsible for budgets, accounting, and auditing of performance. Simple, easy-to-understand MIS linked to management decisions is crucial for public health programs.
  
  Partnership with not-for-profit NGOs has also gradually evolved from that of advocacy to actual partnership in service delivery and quality monitoring since Seventh Five-Year Plan. The government is even willing to hand over the government infrastructure to NGOs or other forms of people's groups for providing health care to the masses within the assigned budgetary provision. This option can be tried in select blocks by contracting the services to not-for-profit NGOs and Departments of Preventive and Social Medicine/Community Medicine by providing the budgets, which will be spent by the state government while, at the same time, giving freedom to hire staff on contract/deputation. State agencies should involve independent public health institutions for monitoring and evaluation of these activities.
  
  The scope of networking with public health institutions that are working in the public sector needs to be expanded within the ambit of the PPP model under the National Rural Health Mission. Handing over public health sector to private hands gradually may not be the right solution.
  
  

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  1.	National Rural Health Mission- The Progress So Far. [updated on 2008 Apr 19]. Available from: http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/NRHM%20-%20THE%20PROGRESS%20SO%20FAR.htm.
  2.	Draft Report on Recommendations of Task Force on Public Private Partnership for the 11 th Plan. [updated on 2008 Apr 19]. Available from: http://www.planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp11/wg11_heasys.pdf.
  3.	National Health Accounts India 2001-02. National Health Accounts Cell. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. [updated on 2008 Apr 19]. Available from: http://mohfw.nic.in/NHA%202001-02.pdf.

  
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  Healthcare in India: Features of one of the most privatised systems in the world

  September 1, 2009
  By Pinaki Chaudhuri, Sanhati
  Americans are currently engaged in a fierce debate regarding healthcare reforms - there is a growing demand for healthcare insurance coverage for all its citizens. Further, there is also a demand that the government should provide for healthcare insurance just like many other developed nations in the Western world. See this article for a basic orientation in the US healthcare debate (http://sanhati.com/articles/1733/).
  Let us now turn our attention to India. Here, the healthcare industry is dominated by private capital and its growth spiral is almost unregulated. On the other hand, 65 per cent of our population does not have access to modern medicine. It is even worse if one looks at the rural/urban divide : about 80 per cent of doctors, 75 per cent of dispensaries and 60 per cent of hospitals are located in urban areas. Since the process of liberalisation kicked in, the health infrastructure provided by the government has almost broken down. The overall private-public spending on healthcare is very little - it accounts for 4.8 per cent of India's GDP. Of this, 3.6 per cent is contributed by the private sector and only the balance 1.2 per cent by the Government.
  Despite such bleak conditions there is hardly any co-ordinated public demand for revamping the healthcare sector so that proper services are equitably accessible to all segments of the population. In such circumstances, it is instructive to revisit two in-depth studies (published in 2006) which can help us to get a better understanding of the situation in India.
  1. Health System in India: Crisis & Alternatives - Click here to read [PDF, English] »
  Published by National Coordination Committee, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, October 2006. Jan Swasthya Abhiyan is a peoples' movement which sees itself as a part of the larger social and political movement to radically restructure India. It has a strong democratic content.
  Contents
  (i) Long Standing Weakness of the Public Health System in India
  (ii) How Much Does Our Government Spend on Healthcare? How Much Do We Spend on Healthcare from Our Personal Resources?
  (iii) Is Deterioration of the Public Health System Linked with Expansion of the Private Medical Sector?
  (iv) The Private Medical Sector - The Camel Which Pushed the Arab Out of the Tent
  (v) Brain Drain, Medical Tourism and Outsourcing
  (vi) NRHM - Health System Restructuring but in which Direction?
  (vii) Communicable Disease Control Programs
  (viii) Indigenous Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy
  (ix) Conclusion-Towards a System for Universal Access to Healthcare
  Essential points
  # India has the largest number of medical colleges in the world
  # India produces among largest numbers of doctors in the developing world. These doctors are exported to many other countries, and are considered among the best in the world.
  # This country gets 'Medical tourists' from many developed countries reflecting the high standard of medical skill and expertise here. They seek care in its state-of-the-art, high-tech hospitals which compare with the best in the world.
  # Turning to medicines, we find that this country is the fourth largest producer of drugs by volume in the world and is among the largest exporter of drugs in the world.
  
  * Despite all these resources, the majority of citizens has very limited access to quality Healthcare, and has poor health indicators (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_statistics.html#54,http://www.indianexpress.com/news/its-official-all-major-health-indicators-show-negative-growth/501101/0).
  * There are low levels of immunisation - in fact less than half of the children are completely immunised (added to this, complete immunisation coverage has declined in recent years).
  * Similarly, the minimum of three checkups during pregnancy remains unavailable for half of all pregnant women.
  
  * There are massive inequities in access to healthcare - while the rich avail of most modern and expensive health services, the poor, especially in rural areas do not get even rudimentary healthcare.
  * Incredibly, hospitalisation rates among the well off are six times higher than rates among the poor
  * Despite such a large drug industry which exports medicines across the globe, about two-thirds of the population lack access to essential drugs.
  * This is a country of paradoxes where women from well off families suffer due to unnecessary cesarean operations - in some urban centres close to half of deliveries are done by operation - while poorer rural women frequently die during childbirth due to lack of access to the same cesarean operation at time of genuine need.
  * Although people spend a lot on healthcare (the poorest spend one-eighth of their total income on healthcare), the government spends much less. Of the total health spending in the country, all levels of government make less than one-fifth, while the remaining major portion is shelled out by ordinary citizens from their pockets. This makes the healthcare system in this country one of the most privatised systems in the world.
  * Taking loans or selling assets pays for two out of five hospitalisation episodes. The proportion of people who are unable to access any form of treatment due to inability to pay is quite large and increasing.
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  2. Government Health Expenditure in India: A Benchmark Study - Click here to read this study [PDF, English] »
  Published by Economic Research Foundation, October 2006.
  Contents -
  (i) Patterns of health expenditure in India
  (ii) Central government health expenditure since 1993
  (iii) Health expenditure of 14 state governments since 1993
  (iv) Evidence on health outcomes
  (v) Conclusions and directions for further research
  Finally, here is a link to the health profile of all Indian states -
  http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Health_Profile.htm
  and a study on the healthcare situation in West Bengal, which has been ruled by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since 1977 - http://sanhati.com/excerpted/946/
  

  4 Responses to "Healthcare in India: Features of one of the most privatised systems in the world"

  1. anand Says:
  2. September 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 pm
  3. Very enlightening information
  4. pr Says:
  5. October 1st, 2009 at 4:43 pm
  6. A major chunk of medical tourists in India are from the SAARC countries, Middle East and some African nations. Europe and north America still form a small proportion of the total(they are definitely increasing in number, with international accreditation and insurance). These corporate hospitals catering to medical tourists are basically minting money.Health care has become a business!!
  7. v.ramarao Says:
  8. June 22nd, 2010 at 11:43 am
  9. health care considered as a profitable trade.common man is neglected a lot in India.PRIMARY CARE IS NOT IMPROVED.BUT MEDICAL TOURISM MADE HISTORY
  10. IT IS A GOOD ARTICLE
  11. Kraig Vanzee Says:
  12. January 13th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
  13. Healthcare in India: Features of one of the most privatised systems in the world at Sanhati - Great tittle, but when I'm reading this stuff I'm not sure about it … But it's your blog, so you can write here whatever you want. Anyway have a good day!
  
  

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    Rama Lakshmi, Hindustan Times
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    While the contentious political battle over the new healthcare law continues in the United States, here in India, the outsourcing industry is seeing it as a boon for business and is salivating over its prospects. Indian companies are working with American insurers handling back-office
    operations, including claims processing, supply management and transcription services.
    The extension of healthcare to 32 million additional Americans over the next decade will mean the need for those services will grow, executives here said.
    "The healthcare reform bill is a very, very big opportunity for us," said Ananda Mukerji, managing director of Firstsource Solutions. About 40 per cent of the company's business comes dozens of American hospitals and insurance companies, he said.
    "A big part of what we do for the American companies is eligibility assessment services, where we assess eligibility of a patient for the Medicare program. We also work with hospitals to submit claims and enroll new patients. With the new bill, all this work will increase."
    The new law requires some insurance companies to devote more of the premiums they receive to direct health care and away from administrative costs.
    "The healthcare ... law will create a huge pressure on American insurance companies to cut costs," said Rana Mehta, vice president of health care at Technopak, an independent consultancy firm in Gurgaon. "Ultimately it is a business decision to outsource. All this new work has to go somewhere, and India will gain."
    Just last year, India's outsourcing industry was shaken when President Barack Obama declared he wanted to change "a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes if you a create job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York." They have responded with new efforts to reach out to American workers.
    In anticipation of the healthcare law, many Indian companies are establishing a toehold in the US by negotiating mergers and acquisitions in recent months. This month, Patni Computer Systems, India's sixth-largest IT firm, set up an office in El Paso, Texas, after a multimillion-dollar deal with an American healthcare company.
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/World/US-healthcare-expansion-means-big-business-for-India/Article1-523715.aspx

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