Leading oncologist, nephrologists and NGOs brightened the spotlight on preventive healthcare only on curative options in a session called ‘Rhethinking CST in Healthcare: Preventive, Inclusive and Skelable’.Dr. of Canker Trust Sultan Pradhan said that death and sickness would not be reduced until more resources were invested in preventing diseases like cancer. He said that the community can convince people to change their lifestyle.Dr. of Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation. P Raghu Ram called for investing CSR funds in initial screening and detection. Shalini Jatiya of TMC, Impact Foundation said that the hospital is capable of treating 6,000 children annually for liberal donors for free. Narmada Kidney Foundation’s nephrologist Dr. Bharat Shah spoke of his transplanting games, showing organ donors and recipients how to live a full life after organ transplants.The audience was shared by the statement of Jaya Jeram of Mohan Foundation, who himself got a kidney from his mother. He said that five lakh patients wait for limb transplants. Jeram said that preventive healthcare is also smart economics, as it saves the cost of future treatment.
There was an important insight from Rameshwar Naik of CM Medical Cell. He listed steps taken by the Government of Maharashtra to make healthcare accessible and cheap for the common man, including an online integration portal of all welfare schemes, a toll -free number for single window assistance and guidance.
