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Surajit Chakrabartty, CFO, Medgenome

Surajit Chakrabartty

Last Updated : Jan 20 2017 | 4:54 PM IST

With a population of 1.4 billion we are the third largest economy spending Rs 6 trillion on healthcare. Despite this huge spending India’s challenges are immense and there is still a need to address communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affecting a greater mass especially in the semi-urban and rural areas.

Even though India declared itself to be polio and tetanus free (in 2014 & 2015), much needs to be done in the healthcare sector. Women and child mortality is still rampant requiring quick action. A current study indicates that 44,000 women die every year due to pregnancy complications and a

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