Philips India to extend healthcare services through PPP model

Aided by innovative technology Philips India, a leading company in healthcare technology after completion of two years in bringing affordable and accessible healthcare services aims to mobilize investment in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) centres from the current 17 to a total of 36 operational centres by early 2019.

HealthMap signed its second PPP with Government of Jharkhand for all 24 districts. As of now, it is operational in seven locations, across Ranchi, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, etc. 17 (seventeen) new centres will be added in Jharkhand by early 2016.

The technology spans from basic radiology like ECG, X-ray, ultrasound to high-end CT and MR, depending on presence of specialties like orthopaedics, neurology, cardiology and trauma care.

The PPP centres in Haryana offer high end services only i.e. high MRI's and CT scans 1.5 tesla MRI , High end CT scans.In the state of Haryana, till date, the PPP initiative has completed 150,000 MRI and CT scans.

Haryana, currently, has operational PPP centres across ten locations. Some of these locations are Rohtak, Gurgaon, Panchkula, Mewat, Sonepat (village Khanpur), Bhiwadi, Agroha. Another two centres are in the pipeline.