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Affordability and accessibility of healthcare services facilitated by government interventions, innovation is taking it forward : Health experts

Kolkata, Sep 26 (UNI) The Government of West Bengal’s emphasis on improving the healthcare services of the state is reflected in a steep upward curve of the healthcare spend budget going from Rs 3,584 crores in 2011 to Rs 9,557 crores in 2019, Mr Binod Kumar, Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal said.
He was speaking at the inaugural of the 14th Healthcare East organized by CII in Kolkata today.
Continuing with the deliberations, Mr Kumar said that there has been a “quantum jump” in personnel with the number of doctors in government hospitals going up from 4800 in 2011 to 11700 in the current year and 37000 nurses going up to 52850 from 2011 to 2019.
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