A former professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, tells a conference on health-related policies and challenges

Imrana Qadeer, a former professor and one of the oldest faculty members of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), tells a conference on health-related policies and challenges that “the government was investing a lot in developing tertiary care centres in the country, but there was a need to strengthen primary healthcare centres. If primary health centres were developed, doctors, too, would prefer to serve in the rural areas, she added. Concerned over privatization of the country's health sector, she said private hospitals had grabbed the entire tertiary care sector and now they were gradually moving towards primary and secondary care. This was a major issue of concern and would badly hamper services in the public health sector, Qadeer added.”