NATHEALTH names Harsh Mahajan as president; elects new leadership team

New Delhi: Apex healthcare industry body NATHEALTH on Tuesday elected Dr. Harsh Mahajan, Founder and Chief Radiologist, Mahajan Imaging, as its new president. He succeeds Apollo Hospitals Executive Vice Chairperson, Preetha Reddy.

“The pandemic has pushed us towards realizing the immense importance of establishing a robust healthcare ecosystem in India. It has also created enormous opportunities for the sector to foster collective efforts to find solutions to the challenges that are there in front of us. Greater investment both from the public and private sector will play a pivotal role and will also unlock several new opportunities to strengthen our Hon’ble PM's goal of an Atmanirbhar Bharat. The need of the hour is to sustain the momentum, build equity in healthcare, support the Government on infrastructure, and work cohesively towards improving patient outcomes in a cost- effective manner. With the Government placing health at high priority and announcing increased outlay in the 2021 budget, I believe the path for a new India is set, and NATHEALTH will be in a much stronger position to reframe the healthcare narrative in coordination with our key stakeholders and partners,” Dr. Harsh Mahajan said.

He added, “The next 5 years are crucial for the Indian Healthcare industry for improving the quality of healthcare to ensure we are future ready to deal with any medical emergency. Efforts made by the sector in harnessing local manufacturing capabilities and vaccines has placed India on the global map. NATHEALTH will continue to advocate for innovative partnership models to build a modern 21st century universal healthcare delivery model in India."

According to a press release by NATHEALTH, the newly elected NATHEALTH leadership team includes other senior industry leaders: Dr. Shravan Subramanyam, President & CEO, GE Healthcare India & South Asia and Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare as Senior Vice President and Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, Managing Director & CEO, Fortis Healthcare as Vice President.

Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare, Ameera Shah has been elected as Secretary and Quadria Capital Partner Sunil Thakur as Treasurer, the release further added.

Siddhartha Bhattacharya will continue his position as Secretary General in the newly elected team of NATHEALTH leaders.

The elected leaders of NATHEALTH commented on the existing as well as new challenges of the healthcare Industry and expressed their willingness to address these concerns to improve the healthcare infrastructure that benefits both the public and the healthcare businesses.




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