Physicians of Indian Origin make up the largest non-Caucasian segment of the American medical community providing medical care to over 40 million people across the country, reflected by the fact that  one out of every seven doctors in the United States is of Indian Heritage the American Association of Physicians of Indian (AAPI) Origin said.

While addressing the media in Delhi during its Annual Global Healthcare Summit, the AAPI representatives said, “We, the physicians of Indian origin, are proud of our great achievements and contributions to our motherland, India, our adopted land, the United States and in a very significant way to the transformation of the Indo-US relations and help India to have a cost-effective, efficient and advanced healthcare delivery benefitting India’s 1.3 billion people.”

“The growing clout of the physicians of Indian origin in the United States is seen everywhere as several physicians of Indian origin hold critical positions in the healthcare, academic, research and administrative positions across the nation. Indian doctors have carved a comfortable niche in the American medical community and have earned a name for themselves with their hard work, dedication, compassion, and amazing skills and talents,” the AAPI said.

While speaking in the context of Indian Healthcare, Dr Raghu Lolabhattu, Board of Trustee, AAPI, said, “There is much more need of awareness about communicable and non-communicable diseases such and their prevention among masses.”

Hailing the Ayushman Bharat scheme, Dr Raghu pointed out this scheme is quite supportive in providing free healthcare to the poor in private healthcare facilities in India.

He added that the fundamental difference between Indian and US healthcare is that while most of the population of the US is covered under insurance, in India, the story has been slightly different.

He said that AAPI shares various latest methods with Indian doctors, which has aided in patient care.

“The concept of emergency medicine in India was taken from AAPI,” Dr Raghu stressed.