Pre-Budget expectations: Dr Kanury V S Rao, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), PredOmix

Introducing new technologies and inventions can take the healthcare industry to a whole new level. The creative side of those inventions including advanced Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), etc in the industry needs more support and funds from the government, particularly the start-ups and small businesses. The growth will naturally result in engaging new investors in the healthcare segment. This may also increase patient access by establishing improved infrastructure and capabilities backed by equivalent expenditures in upgrading essential hospital infrastructure, diagnostic lab infrastructure, and ambulatory/home care facilities outside of health facilities. The most important thing to take care of today is to upgrade the healthcare funding with Concessionary loans, allocate land for new hospitals, and promote CSR investment by making it tax-deductible promoting CSR investment by making it a tax-deductible investment.