Dr. B S Ajaikumar's Thought Leadership

I was delighted to be part of this coveted conference of thinking minds. It was fulfilling to exchange notes with renowned and revered thought leaders and also sharing my perspectives, like the need to ensure cost-effective solutions to enhance accessibility of healthcare services to tier 2 and 3 cities, making the most of advanced technology for providing precise, specialized, outcome-focused, and personalized health care services and solutions, institutionalising a culture of research and innovation, as also accurate data collection and holistic analytics to help the healthcare sector keep pace with emergent health-related challenges and disruptive events, and most importantly, the need to adopt a universal healthcare model based on cross subsidy principles, which alone will help address the glaring disparities. www.bsajaikumar.com #drbsajaikumar #conference #Healthcare #CIIKarnataka

My thoughts on Budget 2024

Budget notes

Why can't the government create a corpus earmarked for healthcare from the humungous funds they garner from taxing tobacco products and alcohol? Why can't CSR funds of alcohol and tobacco companies be mandated for heathcare purposes? If the ideal solution of a tobacco ban is not possible, at least the proceeds should be utilised towards the treatment of diseases. This corpus will serve the larger cause of universal heathcare better than most government schemes in vogue. www.bsajaikumar.com #drbsajaikumar #Healthcare #Government #CSR #Funds #India

Sadly, the budget only helps wealthy people become wealthier while leaving the poor poorer and the middle class struggling to fulfil basic aspirations. It has done nothing to improve the purchasing power of the aspirational Indian. Through the scarce allocations, notwithstanding the marginal hike compared to the prior year, the budget has only scratched at the surface of two pain points our country has been long enduring: that of a flawed education system and a fractured healthcare system, which are knowingly or unknowingly widening the rural-urban disparity with each passing day. Unemployment is an obvious offshoot of a blemished education policy, like how rise in disease incidence is the fall out of a lopsided healthcare model. Unless we bring uniformity in healthcare and education across the length and breadth of the country, we can never progress towards being an advanced nation in the truest sense of the word. When people get quality education and healthcare, they do well in life – whether in employment or entrepreneurship – and there is prosperity in every respect, what with better tax collections, robust infrastructure development, and more purchasing power in the hands of the common people. Time and again, we have seen the budget turning a blind eye to the universal care model in healthcare, and the voucher system in education. The former will ensure quality care to one and all through a cross subsidy model, while the latter will help parents from rural and deprived regions enrol in private schools of their choice though public funding programs. But when will the government rise to the occasion and do the needful is a million dollar question that demands an answer in rupee terms. 😀 The wait continues… hashtag #budget2024 Narendra Modi Nitin Gadkari Indian Ministry of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman

My Budget 2024 observations

My thoughts on budget 2024

Thanks Mysuru for making Aagnika Ajaikumar's inaugural performance a truly memorable event, a heartfelt tribute to India's unique cultural heritage rooted in classical dance. I convey my deepest gratitude to all of you for gracing the event with your dignified presence, including our most revered dignitaries Maharani of Mysore H H Dr. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, world renowned violinist Dr. Mysore Nagaraj and celebrated bharatnatyam dancer and teacher Vidhushi Anuradha Shiridhar. Thanks to our friends in the media for the wide coverage. #Dance #Event #Mysore

Bharath Cancer Hospital , Mysore A picture is worth a thousand words, they say! These snapshots speak volumes about the three dimensional essence and significance of our cancer care summit. Kudos to the entire team!

Bharath Cancer Hospital , Mysore Journey towards excellence through value-based care It has been a most fulfilling experience from ideation to fruition...