We want to spend so much extra on public well being expenditure: JVR Prasada Rao

On this NDA @10 episode, we check out how healthcare and prescription drugs have fared within the final 10 years.

It’s been among the many most tumultuous years in terms of well being, when Covid-19 introduced our lives to a grinding halt, in some ways.

However the final decade, has additionally seen schemes just like the Ayushman Bharat (medical health insurance) or the Jan Aushadhi shops (that promote cheaper medicines) evolve and develop in power. The pharmaceutical sector has constructed on present legacy in supplying to the remainder of the world and sectors like medical units and diagnostics have additionally emerged. However there’s nonetheless a lot to be achieved.

Former Union Well being Secretary JVR Prasada Rao speaks to PT Jyothi Datta, giving his tackle the well being and pharmaceutical sector, within the final decade.