Tamil Nadu’s healthcare model was the best prototype healthcare delivery system in resource-limited settings in the country and is worthy of emulation by other States engaged in developing a better healthcare delivery system, Governor Banwarilal Purohit said.
Inaugurating a 3T MRI machine at MIOT International on Wednesday, he said the State had always been an important centre for medical diagnosis and treatment. “The State enjoys an impressive record in the reduction of infant mortality and maternal mortality rates. It ranks first in the country in terms of number of children immunised and in the thousands of eminent medical practitioners specialising in various fields of medicine,” he said.
Tamil Nadu served as a hub for medical tourism in the eastern part of the globe, Mr. Purohit added.
The delivery of modern healthcare depended on groups of trained professionals and para professionals coming together to form inter-disciplinary teams, he said, adding that this included professionals in medicine, psychology, nursing and physiotherapy.
He said ‘Ayushman Bharat’ – National Health Protection Mission was expected to make a big impact on raising the quality of life since it would lead to increased access to healthcare.
“The mission before us is to make healthcare comprehensive, universal, affordable and qualitatively professional,” the Governor said. Distinctions based on public versus private sector, allopathy versus traditional systems and urban versus rural should not be given any importance, he observed
Prithvi Mohandas, managing director, MIOT International, said the new 3T MRI had a very fast study time, with no noise or claustrophobic experience for patients.
R. Madhan, senior radiologist, MIOT International, added that it featured in-bore entertainment as patients could watch movies or videos through a special glass and monitor placed behind the scanner. “This is a silent scan and takes shorter time to acquire images. It has a single scan that lasts for five-and-a-half minutes.” P.V.A. Mohandas, founder, and Mallika Mohandas, chairman, MIOT, were present.