Quote from Dr. Preeti Singh, Chief Medical Officer, Lissun
“It is overwhelming to see that Government has recognised that along with the digital health ecosystem, mental health also needs attention. We are in the middle of a mental health pandemic and have seen how mental health issues have arisen in the last 2 years exponentially, Indian statistics are very gleamy when it comes to mental health experts per lakh of population in India, almost making it impossible to meet the mental health needs currently, the only way out is the outreach by digital and telemedicine platforms and successfully making the train the counsellors programme at the basic level for screening the psychiatric conditions and provide the basic counselling, to begin with, 25 centres of excellence is a good number but we need more hands to bridge the gaps of mental health care needs to cater to India’s mental health scenario.
Owing to this government’s thrust gives more validation to the startups already working in this industry, they will also become more proactive to fight the pandemic and safeguard people’s health. The mental health issues have reached in Tier-II and Tier-III towns, already as they don’t have the trained mental Health experts, Tele Medicine is a big move in this regard. We remain positive that the government and health ministry will continue to increase expenditures in the coming years, especially pertaining to investments in primary healthcare and mental health infrastructure, to make it a full-fledged movement, which is much needed.”
