Making universal healthcare a reality has been the need of the hour for India. NAC's announcement has just brought it a step closer.
Everybody loves a winner, a winner symbolises hope and shows it is possible. A winner also symbolises success but success itself is a relative term. For many, success does not mean making big time money or being part of the rich list.
To recognise and award hospitals who work continuously and tirelessly to provide better healthcare CNBC-TV18 in association with ICICI Lombard instituted the India Healthcare Awards in 2010.
By any yardstick the ratios are pathetic. There are just 0.77 beds for every 1,000 people in India compared to one bed for every 90 people in Japan and if went by the WHO Standard then India should have one bed for every 450 people.
This is the second edition of the India Healthcare Awards 2011 brought to you by ICICI Lombard General Insurance and CNBC-TV18.