Sagar Hospitals is proud to announce that we have won 3 awards in Times Health Excellence 2021-2022. Congratulations to our Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology & the Department of intensive Care on this great accomplishment.

The prestigious event was held at Four Seasons Hotel on 30th March 2022. The awards were given by Justice Santhosh Hegde and Actor Chitrangada Singh. We appreciate the efforts of the doctors, nurses & support staff of the departments for making this possible.

Sagar Hospitals congratulates Dr. Raghunath C N, Consultant Paediatrician on receiving the FIAP Award (Fellowship in Indian Academy of Pediatrics).

Dr. Raghunath truly deserves the honour & is one of Bangalore's top Paediatricians.

BENGALURU: A bunch of Covid-19 patients who recover quickly are caring for other severely ill and elderly patients in Sagar Hospital, Jayanagar.

From taking them to washrooms to fetching water, helping them during meals and comforting them, these patients, mostly young, also connect them with their families through video calls.

ISHIQA MULTANI, president of the sagar group of hospitals, Aspires to create a gender-neutral workplace by encouraging inclusive world.

Sagar Hospital, Jayanagar, observed World Kidney Day on March 10. The event was organised by the Department of Nephro-urol-ogy, along with their specialists, to create awarness on kidney diseases among people.

Gender diversity in leadership roles is extremely important in healthcare assuming 50 per cent of the patient population is women. Ishiqa Multani, Executive Director, Sagar Group of Hospitals reveals more in interaction with M Neelam Kachhap

70 per cent of the healthcare workforce is made up of women, but less than 25 per cent are in leadership positions. Is this true for the Indian healthcare sector?

Women occupy few leadership positions in the healthcare sector. In an Indian context, I would agree with that assertion. The majority of women in healthcare play a lower-ranking role. Furthermore, as a woman, getting to the highest offices in healthcare takes a lot of work, given that there are more constraining factors that make it challenging for women to climb the ladder of leadership. Many of the C-Suite executives and department heads in healthcare organisations are men. A gender balance across levels is non-existent and will remain elusive unless proactive measures are taken to eliminate the obstacles that keep women from reaching leadership positions. Despite women occupying less than 25 per cent of leadership positions, an increase in numbers is not only possible but imperative for improving the diversity of leadership in the healthcare sector so that the system can realise its full potential for the benefit of employees and patients.

With the nation entering its third year battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Budget 2022 showcases the government’s focus on mental health and the push towards the digitisation of the healthcare sector. As noted by the finance minister in her address, the national vaccination program has made giant strides and, currently at 1.67 billion doses, helped mitigate the Omicron wave and withstand the long battle against the virus.

Building on the strengths of the National COVID Vaccination Program, the proposed spending of Rs. 15, 163 crores (for 2022-2023) for central schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY) and the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) shows that healthcare is seen as the necessary foundation for the economic health of the nation. This view reflects suggestions in Economic Survey 2020-21; as the annual health expenditure inches closer to the National Health Policy target of 2.5% of GDP by 2025 (budgeted expenditure reached 2.1% of GDP in 2021-22), out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses may decrease from 65% to 30% of the total healthcare spending.