‘AI, strong primary healthcare must for affordable med facility’ | Lucknow News
“NHM is working on four strategies – filling gaps in infrastructure, diagnostics, medicines and manpower; making health facilities, especially in rural areas, fully functional; improving quality of care; and ensuring expansion and sustainability through telemedicine and IT-enabled services. Nearly 9,000 facilities are now quality certified, and about 75,000 teleconsultations are being provided daily through Ayushman centres,” she said.She added that the state was also preparing to tackle rising non-communicable diseases, mental health issues, geriatric care and climate-linked diseases, while strengthening trauma care.“Maternal mortality ratio has declined from 216 in 2017 to 141, and further reduction remains a priority. Increased funding and collaboration with around 38 partners, including Unicef, WHO and UNDP, are supporting these efforts,” she said.Unicef’s UP chief Dr Zakari Adam said strong leadership and partnerships had made programme implementation easier and effective. “When you support people who know where they are heading, the work becomes easier. Because leadership and technical teams are aligned, providing technical support and moving forward with programmes becomes more straightforward,” he added.Dr Arvinder Singh Soin, liver transplant surgeon at Medanta, Gurugram, said: “AI is becoming integral to healthcare, aiding diagnostics, research, documentation and telemedicine, while public-private partnerships can improve quality and reduce costs.”Dr Sanjeev Bagai, chairman, Nephron Clinics, stressed the need to address mental health, particularly among children, adolescents and women, and called for removing the stigma around seeking psychological help.
