'Improving women's health will reduce burden on healthcare infrastructure'

Lack of a diversified and qualified workforce main challenge for healthcare in India

India should focus on improving women’s health for the larger interest of families, communities, and the country which will reduce the burden on public healthcare infrastructure and spending, said Bhubaneswar Kalita, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare.

“Our main challenge is the lack of a diversified and qualified workforce and we must work towards improving the status quo as the workforce is the soul of our healthcare system,” he said at Assocham’s ‘Illness To Wellness’ Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The key objective of the summit is to initiate a dialogue on promoting and