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Healthcare

Healthcare
  • Gujarat offers holistic medicinal services and cost effective treatment through various district hospitals, sub-district hospitals and Private Specialty Hospitals
  • Most sought after Super–Specialties in Gujarat include Cardiology, Neuro – Surgery, Orthopedics, Infertility treatment, joint replacement and eye surgeries
  • Share of primary care in total healthcare market of Gujarat is around 75-80%.
  • Market for tertiary care expected to grow at a faster rate, due to rise in income levels, increasing adoption of health insurance and rise in complex in-patient ailments (heart diseases, kidney ailments, cancer)
  • The healthcare landscape in Gujarat is changing rapidly
  • The State Government is taking several initiatives to make Gujarat a Global Healthcare destination

Government Initiatives

  • Awarded best state in e-governance initiatives and employment category in 2008
  • Urban development initiatives for high quality living
  • Simplification of processes and single window approach for investors
  • International campaigns for investment promotion across sectors
  • Wide array of choices for tourists right from heritage monuments, archeological sites , wildlife and beaches
  • Ahmedabad competing for world heritage city status
  • Favourable policy and regulatory environment.
  • Industrial Policy 2009– for high quality socio economic development
  • Sectoral policies for promotion of investment and growth
  • Incentives under SEZ and Industrial Area Development
  • Incentives for environment protection
  • A leader in encouraging private participation under public-private partnership concept

Education Infrastructure

Medical Colleges

  • MBBS – 14 (6 Govt. & 8 Private)
  • Homeopathic – 16 ( 4 Grant-in-aid and 12 Private)
  • Ayurvedic – 10 (4 Govt., 1 University, 2 Grant-in-aid and 3 Private)
  • Dental – 11 ( 2 Govt. & 9 Private)
  • Physiotherapy – 22 (3 Govt. 1& 9 Private)
  • Nursing (from GNM to M.Sc.)– 66 (24 Govt. & 42 Private)
  • Pharmacy – 109 (3 Govt. , 9 Grant-in-aid & 97 Private)

Key Education Centres

  • Institute of Kidney Disease and Research Centre (IKDRC)
  • Gujarat Cancer Research Institute ( GCRI)
  • Government Medical College, Vadodara
  • U.N. Mehta Cardiology Research Institute
  • B.J. Medical College Ahmedabad
  • Gujarat Ayurvedic University , Jamnagar
  • Pramukh Swami Medical College , Karamsad Anand
  • Nathiba Hargovindas Lalbhai Medical College, Ahmedabad
  • Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research

Healthcare Reforms

Emergency Medical Response Institute

  • Golden Hour Concept: Pilot Project Ahmedabad
  • Components are Multiple Level Trauma Centers,Centralized Ambulance Services,Trained Personnel,Injury Surveillance / information system,Training / Awareness of community

Special Innovations

  • Web-based Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme
  • Improving MIS through Computer applications
  • State Medical Relief Society

Decentralisation

  • Financial Decentralization for Medicines and Maintenance

State Medical Relief Society

  • INR 40 million fixed deposit
  • Interest spent on medical expenditure of BPL families
  • Limit of INR 15,000/- per Patient
  • Rs. 80.54 Lakhs utilized in 2003-04
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