AP role model in healthcare sector: WEF healthcare chief Dr Bishen

AMARAVATI: Showering praises on Andhra Pradesh, World Economic Forum healthcare wing chief Dr. Shyam Bishen hailed the initiatives taken by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government in building resilient healthcare system through the YSR village health clinics for every 2,000 population.
Dr Bishen lauded the new initiative of the state government to set up village / ward secretariats for decentralized administration system and ensuring the delivery of schemes and service benefits to all citizens.Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held discussions with Dr Bishen during his maiden visit to Davos to attend the WEF conference on Sunday. After going through the AP’s presentation and discussions with the chief minister YS Jagan, Dr Bishen said that implementation of Universal Health Coverage through Dr. YSR Aarogyasri-end-to-end cashless health care services is one of the best schemes being implemented in the world.
The chief minister said that they have identified WEF as a platform to explore fruitful partnerships to scale-up the state-wide health initiatives and also explore setting up of the multi-specialty hospitals across the districts. CM wanted Dr Bishen to extend his support in getting more investments to the state in healthcare sector.
WEF founder and executive chairman Prof. Klaus Schwab has also complimented the AP’s initiatives in making the state as best destination for investments. He observed that state could be the Food Hub of India. Prof. Schwab emphasized the important role which could be played by the state in addressing the food shortages. Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held discussions with Prof. Schwab sessions on Sunday.
Professor Schwab, the German born engineer, welcomed the advance manufacturing partnership, and extended commitment of the WEF to AP during the interaction with the chief minister. Chief minister explained various issues including on the potential areas including transforming governance, investing in future areas of education, healthcare, skilling, economic growth and recovery, infrastructure development, port-led industrialization, and how the WEF platform can be leveraged to meet environmental and social governance objectives of the state.
The chief minister has emphasized that the state’s ranking of #1 also accounts for the feedback of the investors in the EoDB ratings, and given the port-led infrastructure and accessibility to the ports, Andhra Pradesh is the ideal destination acting as the gateway to the east.