Caption: Dr Harinder Sindu
By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, February 21, 2016 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
APOLLO Hospitals Vice President and Head of International Business, Dr Harinder Sindu, was in the country this week to see investment opportunities in the medical sector in the country.
Dr Sindu was among a group of 11 that travelled into the country under the Confederation of Indian Industry who visited to see various investment opportunities in the country.
Apollo Hospitals is an Indian hospital chain based in Chennai, India, founded by Dr Prathap Reddy in 1983 and has hospitals in India, Bangladesh, Kuwait and Qatar. Several of the group's hospitals have been among the first in India to receive international healthcare accreditation by America-based Joint Commission International (JCI).
The group has developed services in telemedicine and pharmaceuticals and is present in 120 countries around the world.
“India has made great progress in health care. Both in health care delivery in terms of hospitals, clinics, and pharmaceuticals,” Dr Sindu said.
“India has done a lot internally through its own processes and capacities. And being a developing country we know how resources are limited and how to optimally utilize them.”
“We are looking at collaborations and how we can collaborate and bringing synergies and helping capacities, building training and new systems, using IT and health care technology to deliver best care and see the people of PNG get the best care at an affordable cost which is another important factor.”
He pointed out the internationally recognized group’s focus on high level health care at an affordable cost something which he said they were aware of in the visit on the high cost of medicines in the country.
“So we are looking at how to bring that model here and collaborate with the local government and the private sector. And currently some of those services that are not available and develop them over the years.”
“We work across the globe working in many African countries working in government private sector in Tanzania Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ethiopia.”
“In the pacific we have been working with Fiji for the last 3 to 4 years and it has turned out very well with the training of doctors and nurses from Fiji. We have taken teams to Fiji to take part in lectures and to share advances in technology and some of the patients have come to india to receive the services offered here which is far cheaper than what is available in Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.”
He added training as a vital part of Apollo programs in partnership and long term capacity building.
“We know that it is not a model where you can always send patients outside for treatment, we used to do that in India 30 years back, but now we have patients coming in from more than 120 countries come to India for treatment.”
“The medical sector is a very social one where you have to take care of the services in health and to also have a preventative approach.”
“The global rise of non-communicative diseases like cancer and heart diseases- you have to have facilities to manage them.”
He tied in benefits of new and improved medical services are vital also on an investment point of view.
“If you are looking for investment from other countries overseas- one of the criteria any investor considers is what the health care services available are for its employees or expats that come and work here.”
“So it not only contributes to the health of the population but also the economy of the population in a way.”
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