Un-Spoken India Web Series
Unspoken, in association with Pleasin Strides Foundation,
has started a web series called Change- The Parivartan, mainly direct upon
Sustainable Development Goals set by UN General Assembly and their importance
in Indian context.
The 8th webinar of the series will be conducted on 27 July,
2020. The topic for the webinar will be " Do you see the change in the outlook towards the need of better health
care in our country after covid-19 ".
Founders of Pleasin
Strides Foundation Mr. Sagar Kaushik, Mr. Shashi Kaushik & Mr. Nagendra
Singh Bisht will host it.
The series will include panelists who have made remarkable
contributions in various fields for the society. It is going to be very
interesting to be a part of the discussion where the panelists will be:
Dr. Sonia Lal Gupta, Sr. Neurologist and Director, Metro
Group of Hospitals
Dr. Suchin Bajaj, Founder and MD, Ujala Cygnus Hospitals
Mr. Vibhu Talwar, Managing Director, Moolchand Healthcare
Group
Ms. Jasrita Dhir, Head, Brand Marketing and CSR, Fortis Healthcare
Group
Dr. Vispi Jokhi, CEO, Masina Hospital
Mr. Andrew Williams, Chief Manager, Asian Paints Limited
Dr. K.K Upadhyay, Director, Centre of Social Review, Ex.
FICCI
The COVID-19 outbreak has made the world realise
and appreciate the importance of having a robust healthcare system, one that is
fully equipped and battle-ready. The disease poses a huge threat in today's
increasingly interconnected and interdependent world.
India's healthcare system has major inadequacies. A part of
the reason for this is that India spends merely 1.28 percent of its GDP on
health, as per the National Health Profile-2019 report. Our spending on
healthcare is substantially lower than that of most other countries, including
some of our neighbours (for example, Bhutan spends 2.5 percent of its GDP and
Sri Lanka spends 1.6 percent of its GDP on healthcare.)
Due to inadequate investment in health facilities, the
number of people who are unable to access good healthcare keeps growing. For
most ailments, the majority of people visit clinics that are short on
resources, and so cannot provide holistic treatment. The poor, particularly in
rural areas, have to travel very long distances to be able to access proper
medical facilities.
We see SDG's and CSR working for many various causes and
hence in this episode, we would be emphasizing majorly on how the Indian
healthcare system could be improved by the involvement of SDG's and CSR.
Shubhankar Agarwal
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