Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked medical experts on Sunday to stay “ten steps ahead” of changing disease patterns and continuously upgrade research, treatment and diagnostic capabilities.
“Today we have resources, technology and a young workforce. “Disease patterns are changing. Adityanath stressed the need for Indian medical institutions to preserve and use their own healthcare data for research and innovation rather than allowing foreign institutions to derive research from Indian data. He claimed that the state’s economy and per-capita income had tripled during this period. He highlighted RMLIMS’s progress in kidney transplantation. He referred to robotic surgery, Gamma Knife and AI-based diagnostics being developed at the institute. He called for faster expansion of telemedicine and teleconsultation to reduce the burden on major hospitals and address doctor shortages in remote areas. Adityanath referred to a MedTech centre of excellence being developed with IIT Kanpur, another centre at SGPGI, and medical device and pharma parks in the state. He called for closer collaboration between medical institutions and IITs, IIITs and IIMs to promote medical technology, research and innovation.
The chief minister said RMLIMS had transformed from a 20-bed facility into a 1,400-bed super-speciality institution in six years and called for developing it as a centre of excellence in clinical care, academics and research.
We have to think ten steps ahead and prepare ourselves accordingly,” Adityanath said while addressing the foundation day ceremony of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences here. He said healing, learning and discovery must progress together for a medical institute to become a centre of excellence. “One patient is in itself a laboratory for you,” he said, urging doctors to document their clinical experiences and interactions with patients as these could contribute to future research and innovation. The only requirement is to move forward with willpower,” he said. On healthcare, Adityanath said the major challenge was now not merely funding treatment but reducing waiting lists. He said the institute was preparing to treat other complex diseases.
