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“Public-private partnership will boost healthcare”
Special Correspondent
KARAIKUDI: Promoting public-private partnership is one of the best ways to provide excellent healthcare to the needy, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Sunday.
Laying the foundation for Apollo Reach Hospital at Managiri here, he said healthcare was the government’s responsibility, but it was an arduous task to make available quality healthcare to a huge population. So, public-private partnership would be the better way to ensure excellent healthcare for all.
Lauding Apollo Hospitals for making available quality healthcare, Mr. Chidambaram said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was one among those who persuaded Prathap C. Reddy, founder of the hospital, to return to India from the West.
During the past 25 years, he had established excellent hospitals in Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Madurai and also planned to set up hospitals in semi-urban and rural areas.
The Centre had announced tax holiday for setting up hospitals in Tier-II cities to create modern healthcare facilities in semi-urban and rural areas, he said. K. R. Periakaruppan, Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment, spoke.
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