“All the stakeholders should partner to resolve the underlying issues of healthcare in the society,” 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.

Speaking at the valedictory session of the two days of 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 9, 2023, he said that we must put it into action after churning out so much of knowledge over two days of the conference.

In his closing remarks, Sri Madhusudan Sai said “We belong to such great India where the vaidyālayas were patronised by kings dispensing free healthcare to the public. Over time with the onslaught of modernisation things have changed drastically. The need of the hour is imbibing the feeling of oneness. Charitable institutions, corporate and government must work hand in hand to fill this gap in society. Everyone must have clothes to cover their bodies, nutritious food to live a healthy life and holistic healthcare to cure the disease affected body.”

He further said “We are a large country and it will take a while to reach out to the last person but we have begun somewhere and set the ball rolling. One step towards this goal that we have set is by establishing a free medical college creating noble healthcare professionals from the rural population of India. They are the one who will commit themselves to this cause and serve the rural poor getting back to their natives. Majority of them hail from families earning less than Rs 20k per month. These students have come forward and committed themselves to serve lifelong in this noble cause out of sheer gratitude towards the institution and the country. They are inspired from free medical education and free healthcare which is a myth in this contemporary world.”

“To take the healthcare to remotest of the geographies and making it accessible to everyone despite of hardships is the step taken by us. This can happen only with a magnanimous feeling of ‘vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam - One World One Family’. Parents never charge their children for providing them. Our ancient India never charged for dispensing nutrition, education or healthcare, believing everyone as a part of one single family,” he concluded.