President Pranab Mukherjee said that India needs to increase its expenditure on healthcare.

Noting that health coverage strategy had to look beyond cure and intervention, the president said preventive healthcare had to be given importance due to the increasing trend of lifestyle diseases.
"Our health system has to be geared to treat people and provide guidance about prevention of medical conditions," he said.
Admitting that the public sector health service in the country was still limited by its reach, Mukherjee called for greater intervention to offer a world class healthcare system to the common people.
"Quality of healthcare delivery is also found wanting. Many people depend on the private sector for health services. They often fail to meet expensive medical treatment and suffer. Even common people should have access to specialty treatment, which should not be denied due to high costs," the President asserted.
"The health of a country's population defines the state of development. A healthy population holds greater capacity to access opportunities for education, knowledge and employment," Mukherjee noted.
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Set up by the Veera Simhasana Peetha of Suttur in 1954, the Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara hospital provides affordable medical services to the people in urban and rural areas in this southern district.
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