The #coronavirus pandemic has revealed in tragic detail the inadequacies of India’s healthcare system. While public #healthcare, especially outside of major cities, is at best rudimentary, the private health sector, which accounts for the bulk of the nation’s healthcare facilities, has come up short in this time of crisis.

Why is it so? What are the deficiencies in the health sector the pandemic has revealed? How have they affected the country’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak? What needs to be done now to minimise the damage from the #pandemic? How can the health sector be strengthened in the long run? Do public-private partnerships offer a solution?

To discuss such questions, Newslaundry organised a webinar, hosted by Abhinandan Sekhri and featuring as panellists Dr Naresh Trehan, chairman and managing director of Medanta; K Sujata Rao, former union health secretary; Oommen C Kurian, head of health initiative at the Observer Research Foundation.

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(Disclosure: Dr Naresh Trehan is married to Madhu Trehan, the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Newslaundry.)

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This stakeholder consultation is part of a project supported by the Thakur Family Foundation. The Thakur Family Foundation has not exercised any editorial control over the project.

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