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Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003
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Health Fair to showcase Bengal healthcare facilities Our Bureau
Kolkata Sept. 9 THE Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), in an attempt to spread the message that West Bengal is now a big market for pharmaceutical products besides being a gateway to other markets in the region, will be hosting for the first time in the region the three-day `Health and wellbeing show 2003' here from November 7. The health fair, being organised in collaboration with the West Bengal Government to showcase the State's healthcare facilities, and also as part of the 150-year celebrations of BCCI, will be inaugurated by the Union Health Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj. The West Bengal Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mr Surya Kanta Mishra, will be the chief guest. The show is expected to provide a forum for discussing investment opportunities in the healthcare sector in eastern India, which has been suffering from a demand-supply mismatch. According to the chamber, a public-private partnership to improve the medical infrastructure in the State and the kind of investments needed would be discussed at length. The overall theme would be `Healthcare in Bengal - vision for the future'. The show will be an annual event from 2004. Briefing newspersons on the proposed highlights of the show, Mr Sumit Mazumder, president of BCCI, said besides a high profile exhibition with active participation of leading pharmaceutical companies, health service providers, manufacturers of home medical equipment and diagnostic kits, there would be a host of seminars on related topics, to be chaired and addressed by the country's leading experts in various fields of medical science. Among the subjects he listed were obesity, diabetes, cardiac care, consumerism and medicine, tele-medicine and media & medicine. Keeping in view the city's pre-eminence in medical treatment, the chamber has also decided to network with chambers of neighbouring countries to attract visitors to the show, he added. The main reason for the exodus of persons to other parts of the country (like south India) from Bengal seeking medical treatment was the absence of quality medical infrastructure and a proper system to oversee the facilities in the State. Medical insurance, for instance, has not been reached to almost 99 per cent of the State's population, said Mr Mazumder. The debut health fair by BCCI, he felt, would also be utilised to educate people at the helm and also sensitise the general public to medi-care. Besides pharma products, the fair will showcase health services, beauty, food products, fitness equipment and therapies.
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