“To support the efforts of the government, our hospital provides completely free of cost healthcare, yet operates with very low administrative cost, by economies of scale, as an efficient model. With everyone coming together, we can do much more to improve capacity building, and make healthcare accessible and equitable for all, especially in the rural areas,” said Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai, Founder of Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SMSIMSR), Spiritual and Social Leader of the Global Mission of Nutrition, Education and Healthcare.

Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai inaugurated a Global Health Conference on the theme – Augmenting Synergies for Universal Healthcare, organised by SMSIMSR in association with The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi at Sathya Sai Grama at Chikkaballapur district in Karnataka on December 8, 2023.

He further said “Our Prime Minister and Health Minister have taken very bold steps in the field of healthcare like the Ayushman Bharath Yojana, which is the largest healthcare coverage offered by any government in the world, for about 60 crore people in the country.”

He also said, “There cannot be a happy individual in an unhappy society, a happy society in an unhappy nation, a happy nation in an unhappy world. In a society, we are all interdependent.”

As an institution, he said “We are more than committed to ensure that the vision of the government is manifested, and are implemented in the rural areas. We are committed to offer whatever we can, to work together as collaborators and partners to deliver healthcare to the last person.”

“To make healthcare accessible, available, affordable and equitable for all is the aim of the conference. Hence, it is important for all of us – pharmaceutical industry, healthcare industry and healthcare technology industry, to come together for universalisation of healthcare. This conference will lead of practical and implementable solutions in this line,” he concluded. 

Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, guided by the vision – In Rural, Of Rural, For Rural, inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India in March 2023 is the first-of-its-kind medical college that nurtures medical doctors with ability, nobility, and stability who shall dedicate themselves to serve the underserved, particularly in rural India.