Corporates Call For Ramping Up Investment In Health Sector: Report

The corporate sector has underlined the importance of ramping up investments in healthcare infrastructure in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and rural areas.

The corporate sector has underlined the importance of ramping up investments in healthcare infrastructure in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and rural areas, which the Government should prioritise in order to brace up to any subsequent future wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. Also the Government must take all steps to scale up vaccination drive in the country, several business houses have opined. These are some of the findings of a survey conducted by industry body FICCI on nationwide businesses to assess the impact of the state-level lockdowns on them. Many companies have listed five priority areas which need immediate focus of the Government. Apart from strengthening health infrastructure in small towns and villages, the respondents have sought that maintaining a sufficient pool of essential medicines for pandemic management and continuing with the newly created temporary facilities, as well as strengthening testing infrastructure and setting up a national facility for vaccine manufacturing, should form the core of the Government's preparatory work.