Smt. Smriti Irani speaks about the Partnership between the government and private sector
NEW DELHI, 12 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 |
