The recent budget as related to healthcare really does not add much value to the fast rising cost of healthcare.-Dr Sujit Chatterjee, Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital
I am happy to see preventive healthcare given more importance in the budgets. However, the industry expected much more than this- Ameera Shah, MD & CEO, Metropolis Healthcare Limited & co-chairperson of FICCI’s Healthcare Committee
In a tough economic scenario, the budget is modest and will not do much to boost the economy. Execution of measures offered by the Finance Minister will be important. Reduction in subsidies is a bold move. Nothing significant for the health sector except deduction on preventive health.-Vishal Bali,CEO, Fortis Healthcare PTE
The initiatives in respect of exemption of Rs 5,000 for Preventive Health Tests and larger outlay for the National Rural and Urban Health Missions augur well for the diagnostics sector, which plays a key role both in Preventive Health Segments and National Health Screening initiatives –Dr. Sanjeev K Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer, Super Religare Laboratories