Post Budget reactions: Reny Varghese, CAO, Zynova Shalby Hospitals
As expected, Budget 23-24 was a balanced effort to improve overall economic growth. Especially, the Announcement of 157 nursing colleges is a welcome move. I believe, stress also should be given to impart quality training to the students passing out of these institutions. However, no further announcement on the healthcare sector was a disappointment as we expected on few measures that could have been taken to further strengthen the healthcare sector while focusing on prevailing challenges. However, the classic move of establishing dedicated multidisciplinary courses for medical devices with the support of existing institutions to ensure the availability of skilled manpower for futuristic medical technologies, high-end manufacturing and research gives hope to see technical advancements in the healthcare sector.