In India even after 53 years of independence we all have to accept that government has failed to provide basic healthcare. Healthcare is the most neglected field, only meant for slogans by our politicians. If we have to improve healthcare facilities we have to provide special assistance to private healthcare sector. The reality in private healthcare sector is that as an industry it has long gestation period and so most of the bigger projects fail. As many as 28-30 projects financed by institutions have failed to repay loans.
Government has to rethink on the policy and give certain concessions to private health sector.
It can be in the form of free land for small hospitals at district levels or concession in power tariff. Government later on gets back revenue in the form of tax when these institutions start making profits. Concessions can be limited to first five years or so. A healthy competition among hospitals will result in benefit to patients, as the cost of treatment will be reasonable. Private hospitals promoted by qualified specialists must be given loans at lower rate of interest with long term payment schedules, so as to make projects sustainable.