Partnership between government and private sector key in managing any crisis: Smriti Zubin Irani

Oct 11, 2022

Celebrating excellence at grassroot level will be our greatest achievement

NEW DELHI, 11 October 2022: Ms Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women & Child Development and Minority Affairs, Govt of India today while announcing the FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards 2022 said that it is imperative for organizations like FICCI to institute platform for excellence at regional, state level and even at village level. "It is the excellence which is celebrated at the grassroot level which will be our greatest achievement as an organization," she added.

Speaking on the Indian healthcare sector, Ms Irani said that the sector during the pandemic, the industry stood up and proved to the world by not only manufacturing essential health equipment and vaccine but ensured saving number of lives. "The fact that we as a country could witness the administration of 200 crore doses in a definite timeline speaks volumes about the capacity of the Indian healthcare industry," she added.

She also emphasized on the importance of partnership between the private sector and the government in managing any crisis.

Mr CK Mishra, Former Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare & Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, GoI and Jury Chair, FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards 2022 said that there is a need for more investments to be made in the primary sector and the private sector can play a critical role in this. As a nation, we need to strive to ensure people don't fall sick rather than treating the sick patient, he added. "Digitization is one of the strongest enablers of the healthcare system," highlighted Mr Mishra.

Mr Mishra also emphasized that Indian healthcare sector needs more public-private partnership in funding the pilot projects. We need to ensure that the pilot projects are further scaled up and not just keep at initial stage only, he added.

Mr Gautam Khanna, Chair, FICCI Health Services Committee and Awards Jury Co-Chair & CEO, PD Hinduja Hospital & MRC said that FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards has proven itself to be one of the best awards in the healthcare sector for its transparency and robust process involvement.

Mr Arun Chawla, Director General, FICCI said that during the pandemic, we have all learned to be resilient, innovate with the changing situation, get inspired by our colleagues, and collaborate beyond businesses and beyond borders. He further said that FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards recognize those individuals and organizations that have dealt with the challenges in the most unprecedented times and yet demonstrated excellence in their domain

FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards 2022 List:

Individual Awards

Healthcare Humanitarian Award- 

• Dr P Namperumalsamy, Chairman- Emeritus, Aravind Eye Care System, Director- Research, Aravind Eye Hospital

Healthcare Personality of the Year Award

• Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, MD & CEO, Fortis Healthcare

Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare Industry Award �

• Dr (Prof) Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute

Other Categories:

Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Service - Private Hospitals	Gold winner	Healthcare Global Enterprises (HCG Cancer Centre - KR Road, Bengaluru)
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Service - Public Hospitals	Gold winner	Department Of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal
	Special Jury Recognition	U.N Mehta Institute Of Cardiology & Research Centre, Ahmedabad
	Special Jury Recognition	Department of Health & Family Welfare , Government Of West Bengal
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Service - Other healthcare providers	Gold winner	Stanplus Technologies, Hyderabad
	Silver winner	Inox Air Products, Mumbai
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Patient Safety- Private Hospitals	Gold winner	Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, Chennai
	Silver winner	Kauvery Hospital, Chennai
	Special Jury Recognition	Ramkrishna Care Hopsital, Raipur
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Patient Safety- Public Hospitals	Gold winner	Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government Of West Bengal
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Social Initiatives- Corporates & Other Healthcare providers	Gold winner	Glocal Healthcare Systems Private Limited, Noida
	Silver winner	Aster MIMS, Calicut
	Special Jury Recognition	Johnson & Johnson Private Limited, Mumbai
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Social Initiatives- NGO/ Not for profit organisation	Gold winner	The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Capacity Building	Gold winner	Fresenius Medical Care, Gurugram
	Special Jury Recognition	Impact Guru Foundation, Mumbai
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Digital Innovation in Healthcare -Healthcare Providers	Gold winner	Glocal Healthcare Systems Private Limited, Noida
	Silver winner	HCMCT Manipal Hospitals, New Delhi
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Digital Innovation in Healthcare -Medtech/ Healthcare Research Institute/ Start-ups	Gold winner	Turtle Shell Technologies Private Limited, Bengaluru
	Silver winner	Medikabazaar, Gurugram
Category	Rank	Name of the Organization
Excellence in Home Healthcare	Special Jury Recognition	Reach Out (Sir Ganga Ram Trust Society), New Delhi

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