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Good start: N.R. Narayana Murthy (second left), chairman and chief mentor, Infosys Technologies, inaugurating the new building of The Eye Foundation and Thirumurthy Nethralaya in Tirupur on Thursday.
TIRUPUR: N.R. Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies, on Thursday deplored the decrease in public spending on health. Inaugurating the new building of Tirupur branch of The Eye Foundation and Thirumurthy Nethralaya here, Mr. Murthy said low public spending over the years had led to a network of ill-equipped Government health services. He said while India’s defence expenditure was close to 2.2 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, public expenditure on health by the Central and State Governments was less than 1.5 per cent in 2006-07. Quoting World Health Report 2006, published by World Health Organisation, Mr. Murthy said India’s spending on health had decreased from 5.1 per cent in 1999 to 4.8 per cent in 2003 when the population was increasing and economy was growing. He further said the Government expenditure on health as percentage of its total expenditure had come down from 4.5 per cent to 3.9 per cent over the same period. The Government accounted for 25 per cent and private sector 75 per cent of the health spend. Expressing concern over the rising healthcare cost, especially in the rural sector, Mr. Murthy said the country was facing three important challenges i.e. shortage of medical professionals, inability of the Government to commit to and participate in healthcare and lack of paying capacity of people. He called upon the private sector to play a major role in providing world class healthcare to the poor at affordable cost. Mr. Murthy said the private sector should work towards creating innovative models in healthcare. Their participation in healthcare would infuse professionalism in development efforts. S.S. Badrinath, emeritus chairman of Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, expressed concern over the imbalance in the needy and provider as 70 per cent of the doctors lived in larger cities while 70 per cent of the population lived in villages. He asked the private hospitals to take care of the poor by spending their small profit earned over treating ‘paying’ patients for this cause. Mr. Badrinath and Mr. Murthy lauded D. Ramamurthy, medical director of The Eye Foundation, for creating a world class ophthalmic facility here and serving the masses. Sincerity, dedication and love to the profession and people made them climbing the ladder, Dr. Badrinath said. Tirupur Exporters’ Association president A. Sakthivel offered felicitations. Dr. Vasanthi Badrinath lit the traditional lamp while Dr. Ramamurthy presented the project report. The new facility will have six ophthalmologists and a big team will offer treatment to a gamut of eye diseases.
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