FTCCI holds webinar on health for all

Hyderabad: The Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI), on Friday organized a webinar on health for all. The webinar was addressed by Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, AIG Hospitals along with Manish Shah, Vice President, HDFC. In the presence of Ramakanth Inani, President, K Bhasker Reddy, Senior Vice President, Anil Agarwal, Vice President, Shekar Agarwal, Chair, Narender Surana, Advisor, Health Care Committee, Arun Luharuka, former president and Khyati Naravane, CEO, FTCCI.

Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, AIG Hospitals said that Covid passes through several stages like asympthomatic stage, severe stage and critical stage. Fatality is less than 1 per cent. If the statistics are taken broadly i.e. those who do not visit any lab or hospital are taken into consideration fatality is 0.1 per cent. The Covid affects the patient in two ways i.e. circulation of virus in body for first week and during second week, body fights side effects.

Ramakanth Inani, President, FTCCI in his welcome address informed that the Asian Institute of Gastro Enterology (AIG) is a prestigious institution and brought laurels to Hyderabad in particular and Telangana in general. The AIG stands apart and superior to other highly rated medical institutions because of its research and development activity. We are really proud to state that the research is mainly based on the resources available in our own environment for better cure rather than accepting the pharma product reports from West or Europe.

Manish Shah, Vice President, HDFC bank explained the importance of insurance in general and health insurance in particular. He narrated various schemes available under health insurance and also highlighted the proactive and customer friendly services of the bank.