Healthcare Economics of Manipur. Manipur needs a super speciality hospital for cancer, heart, transplantation of organs, joints, brain, infertility, eye, traumas etc and healthcare educational institutions. More than 10,000 patients (subject to correction ) are going outside the state for healthcare reasons. More than 300 students (subject to correction ) are going outside the state to pursue MBBS. (More 700 Manipuri medical students in China right now) 1000s are going hor nursing, paramedical studies. Manipur spent more than 1000 crores of rupees for the above healthcare reasons. PM Narendra Modi advised all the CMs of NE States to generate money of their own states. Saving the expenditures of healthcare and healthcare education alone will improve states exchequer. This can be done by investing single year expenditure for outside treatment and healthcare education. PPP is the mantra for providing quality affordable healthcare if both the parties are sincere. Each modern hospital bed provide direct employment to 5 and indirectly 25. High quality healthcare in Manipur will also attract more domestic and foreign medical tourists and enhance the state economy. With all the strengths Manipur has, the state can be a medical tourism destination of the region. Please pass comments and let it reach the decision makers. Now is the right time.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 04:07:56 +0000