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Gautam Adani announces healthcare sector move: In a massive step towards improving multidisciplinary healthcare ecosystem in India, Billionaire Gautam Adani on Friday revealed plans to build an AI-first, multidisciplinary healthcare ecosystem that integrates affordability, scalability, and global best practices, as he shared his vision for transforming healthcare in India.
As per a report covered by PTI news agency, Gautam Adani called for a complete system-wide redesign to meet the needs of the future while he was speaking at the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – Asia Pacific (SMISS-AP).
Adani, who heads ports-to-energy conglomerate, said three years ago, on his 60th birthday, his family pledged Rs 60,000 crore towards healthcare, education, and skill development.
Why Gautam Adani is entering Healthcare sector?
“We did not enter healthcare because it lacked momentum. We entered because the momentum was not enough,” Gautam Adani said.
“The pace of change was out of step with the urgency of future demands. As the landscape unfolded, one truth stood out – healthcare does not need incremental upgrades. It needs a system-wide redesign. Not an evolution but a revolution rooted in intelligence as well as empathy.”
Why Adani highlighted low back pain issue?
Gautam Adani Citing highlighted the low back pain as a leading cause of disability in India. Saying that the back pain issue is a crisis more widespread than diabetes or heart disease – he said: “If we are to carry the full weight of our national ambition, we must first heal the spine of our people.”
Referring to the previously announced Adani Healthcare Temples – large, 1,000-bed integrated medical campuses to be established first in Ahmedabad and Mumbai – Adani said they would be “world-class, affordable, AI-first healthcare ecosystems” and would comprise “modular, scalable infrastructure of the kind that can expand rapidly in the face of pandemics or emergencies.”
Billionaire Adani also urged the assembled global gathering of spine surgeons and specialists to become not only medical leaders but nation-builders.
(With inputs from agencies)
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