Budget 2018: How the New Year can bring healthier outlook for Indians

Amid confusing taxation rules, new legislature, capping and trust deficit, Union Budget 2018 can be pivotal in highlighting the importance of health and well-being for Indians
BUDGET 2018 : “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” When Abraham Lincoln was saying these words, he used them to instil motivation, enthusiasm and new vigour in the American people. Today, many decades after and continents away, these lines seem apt for a year ahead in India.
Budget 2018 Just as we dwell on the aspects that need to be set right this year – in the Budget 2018-19 and outside of it – we prepare our industry resolution to understand that our actions have impacts on generations to come. We as healthcare providers and as active participants in the story of ‘Evolving India’ have been entrusted to pay a pivotal role and we, through our small endeavours, may be playing a major role in the changing landscape of healthcare in our country.
Just when we are battling taxation rules, new legislature, capping and above all a trust deficit, I strongly believe in 2018, we as healthcare providers will understand and set the motion rolling for people to understand the importance of health and wellbeing.
In 2017, as Arunachal Pradesh has been declared ‘Open Defecation Free’ after Sikkim, I feel positive as the aura of healthcare becomes bigger. I would like to congratulate the rising citizen of the country who through unfortunate mishaps and misfortunes of pollution, deforestation and adverse impact have come around to understand the importance of wellbeing, fitness and prevention. These recent developments have helped me envisage a vision for 2018.
A more transparent healthcare system: Questioning systems helps innovation. The recent developments have made us introspect that today we need to be more transparent and open. It is also time that we start viewing the healthcare industry as a major participant of the service industry and automate it to ensure that we step closer to the patient. Our inclusions should be like Google is to your life. From prevention, detection, diagnosis, admission, rehabilitation and recovery, we need to guide the patients, support and understand them. The system needs to evolve relationships and guide the patient to wellbeing. Transparency in pricing and billing is just a small rock in the climb towards building a true ‘Patient Centered Medical Care Approach’.
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