[Assam] Fw: PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT

[Rajib Das]

An economist friend of mine - from the North East but
earned his spurs in JNU - actually took the time and
came up with a business modeling tool for those
wanting to set up business in the North East.
Basically, where it differed from the regular ones,
was its theory that the various "demands" need to
modeled to be a part of the fixed cost of doing
business as opposed to that being a variable cost like
raw materials. Supposedly therein somewhere could like
the great knowledge about running a sensible business
there. 

I wonder if our liberationist, extortionist brothers
could apply some of these models and come up with a
formula which allows folks to stay in business and
earn decent profits while these businesses also pay
taxes to the government. I think GOI and the
liberationists could collectively look at such a
model. Let the libs take the money off to Bangladesh
or wherever. Let the citizens live in peace and have a
chance to prosper. Who knows with the GOI spending
less on the army as well, they might just give the
ordinary folks a tax break.

--- Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, Apollo Hospitals (from what I have heard)
> were seriously
> considering to setup a hospital in North Guwahati.
> They were surveying for
> land. But they backed out after real fast - after
> there were demands made -
> think of it as an cost of doing business. :)
> 
> --Ram
> 
> On 10/26/06, Rajib Das <rajibdas at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > C-da,
> >
> > Have you had anyone in your family come down with
> the
> > curse of cancer? Have you roamed the aisles of
> Tata
> > Cancer Hospital to see how many from the NE are
> there?
> > Have you asked anyone how money is pooled together
> > from family members to make the journey to Mumbai
> get
> > a fighting chance? You wouldn't ask the question
> who
> > it is for.
> >
> > If folks from the US and UK are making a beeline
> for
> > poor old India to get access to healthcare, it
> DOES
> > indeed speak volumes about the state of healthcare
> > here - these big, rich nations having to send
> their
> > folks abroad.
> >
> > > *** That must be tragic. Them enemy can have the
> > > Apollo's services, but the good
> > > citizenry are deprived, all because of  the
> cursed
> > > ------- :-)?????
> >
> > If only you would stop to ponder over the answer
> :-)
> > Is Apollo crazy to set up one in Guwahati. Who
> knows
> > who will come and shoot the medical director for
> not
> > paying up? Or worse, the patients - not paying up?
> In
> > our parts of the world, that is a real
> possibility.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >  > And no, big brother GOI is not quite
> directing
> > > >it.
> > >
> > >
> > > **** Well, that certainly proves that India can
> > > do things even without govt. intervention.  Now
> > > the question is who can afford to use these
> > > services? Is it for dollar/euro bearing
> > > foreigners, the select few of the newly rich
> > > desis, or the general population, including the
> > > sector that does not feature in that shining
> > > India's demography?
> > >
> > > >  >Unfortunately while Dhaka could attract an
> > > Apollo
> > > >hospital, Guwahati still hasn't. Amazing isn't
> it.
> > >
> > > *** That must be tragic. Them enemy can have the
> > > Apollo's services, but the good
> > > citizenry are deprived, all because of  the
> cursed
> > > ------- :-)?????
> > > BTW, who are these Assamese who can afford to go
> > > to the Apollos of India? Is it a broad cross
> > > section of the population or only those select
> > > few?
> > >
> > > *** In the meantime, the need for  public places
> > > of health-care excellence must have been
> > > abandoned entirely since it is an impossibility
> > > in desi-demokrasy!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >On 10/26/06, Rajib Das
> > > <<mailto:rajibdas at yahoo.com>rajibdas at yahoo.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >Mikeda,
> > > >
> > > >Great idea. It is already happening - medical
> > > >outsourcing in India. It is somewhat like the
> early
> > > >day
> > > >of IT outsourcing. Roadwarriors of TCS going
> out
> > > and
> > > >selling offshore IT services. A friend of mine
> > > >branched out from IT into setting up a medical
> > > clinic
> > > >in Toronto and then tying up with Apollo
> Hospitals
> > > to
> > > >send patients there for certain kinds of
> surgeries.
> > > In
> > > >addition to 10 lakh healthworkers, you need
> medical
> > > >infrastructure of a high order. And other
> regions
> > > are
> > > >making giant leaps. Somewhere near Noida, VC
> > > companies
> > > >from Silicon Valley are lining up to invest in
> > > >Medicity - a huge town full of hospitals and
> health
> > > >workers catering to the offshore medical
> services
> > > >market. And no, big brother GOI is not quite
> > > directing
> > > >it.
> > > >
> > > >Unfortunately while Dhaka could attract an
> Apollo
> > > >hospital, Guwahati still hasn't. Amazing isn't
> it.
> > > >Given that train loads of people still make the
> > > >journies to Mumbai and Vellore and Chennai
> every
> > > year
> > > >with their patients. All we have in Guwahati is
> > > >Downtown hospital which follows in letter and
> > > spirit
> > > >the Hotel California song ("You can check out
> > > anytime
> > > >but you may never leave" (unless you are
> dead)).
> > > It's
> > > >a shame.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >--- mc mahant
> > >
> >
>
<<mailto:mikemahant at hotmail.com>mikemahant at hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >---------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >Very Good!
> > > >
> > > >Now look at the same problem low-budgetly:
> > > >
> > > >United Group Programs, a health insurer in Boca
> > > Raton,
> > > >Florida, began offering the programme six
> months
> > > ago.
> > > >With medical costs skyrocketing in the United
> > > States
> > > >where Americans spend an estimated 16 per cent
> of
> > > the
> > > >GDP on healthcare and in Europe, the idea of
> going
> > > >abroad to get healthy is becoming more and more
> > > >attractive, Newsweek reported.
> > > >
> > > >More than 150,000 North American and European
> are
> > > >currently seeking medical treatment abroad, it
> > > said.
> > > >Giving instances of the savings, Newsweek
> quoted
> > > >GlobalChoice Healthcare, a firm arranging
> foreign
> > > >procedures, as saying that angioplasty which
> costs
> > > >$50,000 in an American hospital can be
> performed
> 
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