11/07/2025
A new era of healthcare in India where PEs , VCs and fund managers investing in hospitals which looks like boom for India but under the cover are making huge profits more than any other industry and business on the misery of poor patients who want to LIVE!
All at the cost of their life time fortune because public health sector have failed miserably. So many AIIMS WERE inaugurated but still it’s the private sector which dominates. PPP models are another farce and helps those who are for profit businesses. End result is the out of pocket expense for an Indian patient is sky rocketing as insurance seldom fulfils their responsibility to pay full treatment costs on one pretext or the other!!
Where to look for an affordable healthcare. Good schemes like Ayushman, ECHS are seeing scams day in and day out siphoning out tax payers money and the culprits go scot free with connections or money power. Sufferer again is THE PATIENT!
Will this end or those who are governing will keep governing turning blind eye or so to say ignoring the misery of crores of its citizens.
A ray of hope came when the highest order of judiciary asked for standardised uniform treatment rates but it’s taking too long or may not even see the light of day!!!
It’s the classic repeat of farmers becoming scape goat to money lenders in old times as they will never get their land back. So is the case with healthcare in hands of PEs and VCs for whom the only thing which is yummy is your pockets not your health!!!!!
So let’s not be very happy and dancing that Indian healthcare is attracting huge foreign investment . It’s at the cost of your lives and life time fortunes of crores of people.
K**R entered Indian healthcare with approx 3500 crores and exited in 2022 in 3 years with 16000 crores almost 5x jacking up healthcare costs across board!
The last chain where I worked saw an investment of Rs 500 crores from a resurgence fund and the second statement by its MD was that they are looking for a 25% profit!!
The end result of this game is ghastly as when you ask for facilities of required standards be it infra of manpower the often heard statement is that department is not making enough revenue!
Another earstwhile group where our department was making handsome revenue and was appreciated for good profits on 31st March went into loses on 7th April in a business meet and was forcibly outsourced to squeeze consultant fees but it boomranged on the management as after outsourcing to their own terms consultant fees tripled making the higher management to frown and the tussle that ensued at local unit is history as it led to SEBI to think of delisting the group.
Let the common man in this country demand good health as his right than being taken for ransom at the hands of these investing geniuses!!
80% of population can’t afford this healthcare and we talk about Ebditas, ROIs and ARPOB on this platform. Has anyone discussed outcome %ages, complications rates and length of stays EVER!
