NEW DELHI: To find the resource gap in the health sector amid the covid-19 pandemic, the 15th Finance Commission (FFC) has asked a high level group under AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria to make fresh recommendations so that theCcommission could include them in its upcoming report. “There is an immediate need to reassess the requirement of health manpower (medical and paramedical) and estimated requirement of resources for 2021-22 to 2025-26 in relation to the health infra-gap (hospital infrastructure, medical equipment, PPE, etc.).
Further, the mechanism to fund these requirements will need to be critically examined, including the enhanced role of the private sector," the FFC said in a statement.