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Considering the rising patient population of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders in India, it is important to focus on technology and research for treatment solutions. Karnataka has a phenomenal healthcare and medical education ecosystem. We now need to increase investments in medical research. I would like the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences to align with Parkinson's Research initiative. We would provide not only professors but also funds for this important research programme on Parkinson’s. I would also like to allocate some funds for the treatment of Parkinson’s patients in Karnataka out of the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust. Dr K Sudhakar, Minister of Medical Education and Health, Govt of Karnataka

Tuberculosis of the uterus varies from region to region, state to state, from place to place, and from person to person. The challenge here is to diagnose tuberculosis of the uterus, tubes and genital system. This is a very difficult process to conduct, as it requires a series of dedicated procedures, including a scan, CT scan and MRI and Blood tests for TB among women. If untreated, A nodule that is two centimetres can soon spread all over the intestine and the abdomen.

Dr B Ramesh, Founder, and Urology Laboratory Laparoscopic Surgeon, Altius Hospital

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on TB across different aspects. In terms of disease burden, it is expected that reporting and initiating TB therapy for new patients may have been compromised due to severely limited access to healthcare. On the positive side, the rapid adoption of genome sequencing infrastructure for covid, opens up the immediate possibility of using Genomics based diagnostics for TB, which is increasingly been accepted as the next big revolution in TB management. In general, while the existing TB infrastructure was crucial for tackling covid, the expanded Covid infrastructure gives us the opportunity to try and make up ground lost in TB control during covid.

Dr Anirvan Chatterjee, Co-Founder and CEO, HaystackAnalytics

World Health Day is a great reminder to recognise efforts, assess and collaborate for the transformation of health programmes that India needs to achieve for impact at the grassroots. India is tackling a complex rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with NCDs accounting for more than 60 per cent of the deaths today. The Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) has an ambitious NCD programme that works on prevention, detection, monitoring and management of NCDs at population-scale. With the adoption of technology that enables actionable insights for the Government, this programme is exemplifying how technology can improve service delivery at a scale.

Sunita Nadhamuni, Head of Global Social Innovation, Dell Technologies

The pandemic has highlighted the need for better healthcare infrastructure and digitisation of healthcare services. In the last two years, we've witnessed major improvements on these fronts but there's still a long way to go. In many places, we still see healthcare workers who rely primarily on traditional practices such as using pen-paper to make health data records of patients. Apart from this, the healthcare industry is far behind in terms of patient centricity and friendliness. This calls for a careful restructuring of our medical environment to make it more focussed on customer experience and digitisation.

Himesh Joshi, Co-Founder and CEO, Ayu Health Hospitals

Down’s Syndrome accounts for one in every 900 live births in India. It is a condition where the baby has an extra copy of a chromosome 21. Hence Down’s syndrome is also known as Trisomy 21. This results in altered development of the baby’s body and brain posing physical challenges in life. Although not curable, the condition can be managed through life with neurodevelopmental therapy, speech therapy and physical therapy.

Dr Mitesh Shetty, HOD & Consultant - Medical Genetics, Manipal Hospital

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