Innovative Healthcare Education for Rural Centres in India
Mumbai, 23rd May 2016: A new partnership was signed today that will bring world-class healthcare education and health services to India.
Leading
Australian healthcare education provider Health Careers, and Hello
Health Services Pvt. Ltd, one of the largest multi-disciplinary
healthcare organizations in India, have entered into a unique
partnership to provide international standard nursing and healthcare
specific training for people in rural areas, in local languages, and
using the latest technology.
Hello Health headquartered in Mumbai has presence in other cities including Bangalore, Delhi and Lucknow.
The
partnership highlights the growing relationship between Australia and
India in training and education, and will enable both companies to scale
up their operations toward achieving the vision of Skill India, to make
India the skill capital of the world.
Commenting on the partnership, Health Careers CEO & MD Bijo Kunnumpurath
noted that high quality education and training will be vital to
improving the skills and capability of healthcare workers in India.
“This partnership is of great importance to India, and Health Careers is
proud to be working with Hello Health to train their future healthcare
workforce,” said Mr Kunnumpurath.
Speaking about the partnership and the adoption of new technologies that connect patients with healthcare practitioners, Hello Health CEO Suvanjay Kr Sharma said, “The adoption of new technologies to redefine the provision of primary medical care in India will require a highly skilled workforce. Looking toward the vision of Skill India, which is to make India a global human resource sourcing hub for healthcare, we are pleased to be partnering with an organisation like Health Careers that will bring international standards to training in rural India.”
The
partnership aims to raise the level of skills and capability of
healthcare staff as they take up opportunities to become part the Hello
Health team as the company expands further into rural areas of India,
and also enable highly skilled healthcare professionals to take up
global opportunities.
Health
Careers’ training and education programs will be available through
Hello Health training centres and virtual classrooms in Sant Kabir
Nagar, UP in the first instance, and then in more than 17 rural centres
during 2016/2017. Students will have access to learning resources and
leading educators from around the world as they open new horizons in the
health care sector in India.
Both
organisations share a vision to develop greater opportunities for
people in rural centres to enter the healthcare workforce the adopting
the latest technologies and collaborative tools.
About the Partners:
Hello Health Services Pvt Ltd
was formed in 2009 and currently employs over 200 clinical and support
professionals who provide multi-disciplinary home health services for
over 90,000 members across 14 cities in India. Hello Health has opened
one of the India’s first “Digital clinics and Smart Cancer Care Centre”
in rural area with advance technology for screening and treating the
cancer patient at affordable cost. Hello Health got its first Venture
funding in 2015 by Small Scale Industrial Bank of India (SIDBI) Venture
through Smrudhi Fund (Supported by UK Government’s Department of
International Development (DFID)
Health Careers International Pty Ltd
is an Australian healthcare education provider that has been educating
healthcare professionals since 2004. Health Careers has trained over
8,000 students from India and around the world. The company has a plan
to plan to open 50 learning hubs in India by 2020.
Further information:
Swapnali Morajkar: 9892592319 // swapnali.morajkar@adfactorspr.com
Aasiya Shaikh: 9833503994 // aasiya.shaikh@adfactorspr.com
Regards,
Swapnali
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