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Promote Hyderabad as go-to healthcare destination: Healthcare industry
We have to let the world know that we are capable of providing best of healthcare at a fraction of cost, compared to the rest of the world.
“We have to let the world know that we are capable of providing best of healthcare at a fraction of cost, compared to the rest of the world,” Apollo Group Hospitals president Dr Hari Prasad said on Tuesday while speaking at the session on ‘Nursing Healthcare Back to Life’, as part of TOI’s six-day virtual conclave: ‘Reboot Telangana- Making Telangana Future Positive’, supported by CREDAI Hyderabad in association with Meluha Technologies, Saket Pranamam, Janapriya and Agromech.

He pointed out that private hospitals in Hyderabad are safe as compared to their counterparts in other metros like Mumbai, that have been roped in to manage Covid-19 burden.
AIG Hospitals chairman Dr Nageshwar Reddy said there has been a marked decrease in the flow of regular patients Hospitals have to ensure they give their staff a safe work environment which means increased costs, he said. Medicover Hospitals executive director Hari Krishna sought clarity in matters of communication from the government. “ While on one day, it says you are allowed to treat, on the next day, it says, you are not…,” he said.
Ekincare CEO Kiran Kalakuntla said that due to Covid-19, tele-consultation has picked up. “We have seen over 300% jump in tele-consulting,” he said.
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