The success story of South India lies in the long -term vision of its healthcare institutions, Dr. Arun N Palaniswami, Executive Director of Kovi Medical Center and Hospital in India today in Conclave South 2025.

“I think there is a big history of institute construction. We are looking at the leadership of 50, 100 years,” he said, how hospitals like Apollo and Arvind I Care became national benchmarks.

He highlighted how the Kovai 250-Bed grew from a medical and nursing college to 1,600-bed super-specialty centers, reflecting the widespread tendency of integrated hubs of care and education.

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He said that this competitive atmosphere has created a “huge HR capital” that now translates into technological progress and improves the patient’s care.

Spinal cord education

Ashwani Kumar, Vice Chancellor of the Setty Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), said that the dense networks of medical colleges in South India continue to attract talent across the country.

He said, “South India is number one, without any doubt. The way we emphasize innovation, research and clinical care have created a milestone that maintains quality and strength,” he said during a single session.

Medical education in the south, from rural outreach to experienced teaching programs through mobile clinics, mixes academic hardness with exposure to real -world health challenges.

The two leaders stressed that this mixture of sympathy, research and patient diversity has been important in shaping health professionals.

Future of technology and care

As artificial intelligence and robotic surgery enters hospitals, experts agreed that doctors are irreparable.

“AI devices are only as good as the data fed in them, and their abilities are still very limited. They can always move forward, but you will always need a human component, to talk to the patients, to guide them, to explain them, when they are afraid of a surgery. Half of a doctor can help to give information, and it can not work to know that he cannot work to know that he cannot work.

Nevertheless, institutions are embracing digital devices. Kumar explained how Sevavea uses AI, robotic surgery and even the 3D-printed organ model to teach, to reduce dependence on cadves.

He said that digitization of records, he said, has improved transparency and access to both patients and students. ,

Empowerment and access

Balancing advanced care with strength is a challenge. Kovai Medical Center runs that Dr. Palaniswami called the cross-friendly “30-rupay hospital” as “30-Rupaya Hospital” through student fee and corporate operations. “We try not to remove any patient,” he said, keeping in mind the programs in pediatrics and cardiothoresic care for children from poor families.

In Sevete, Kumar said, is central for sympathy care. “On the entry of a patient, we give credit of Rs 5,000 to their account, so they are not worried about diagnosis or money during an emergency,” he explained. The hospital also provides free food and has forgiven the bills running in millions for needy families.

These hospitals have also integrated government schemes to help patients reach subsidized healthcare.

“Central and state government schemes are already available for our patients, and we expand all the benefits that include insurance and Chief Minister’s schemes that come to us. Beyond this, we invest patients in making comfortable with full sympathy. We do not distinguish between rich or poor. Everyone does not distinguish through an integrated clinics. Reduces, and makes the whole experience more comfortable.

Basic education and healthcare should be provided by the state. “Hospitals can do their share, but with current income levels, we cannot cross-safety beyond one point. Whatever we really want is strong insurance, especially for elderly care. It is quite easy to buy insurance between 20 and 60 years of age, but after 60, after the hospitalization, the hospital is unavoidable and pre-existing.”

These challenges need to be addressed at the policy level, the experts said, no hospital or institute can solve them.

Hospital delay and addressing unpaid bills

Dr. Palaniswami emphasized the need for efficient, estimated payment to reduce hospital stress. “I think a big test and error is going to happen. I think there are many systems working around the world. We are considered a very expensive, bad model, many people fall through cracks. Canada is a little better, but has his own limits. One thing, I think it’s too much. To go to some type of cross model, I think, you have a skillful payment system, to do a skillful payment system, to go to a skilled payment system, “They say.

Shri Kumar says, “We do not wait to expand our services, because the government has delayed us. We never deny us. We understand that these delays are part and parcels of life day -day life, and what we think is right, so finally the payment will come, and then we understand completely.”

Both agreed transparency is important. Kumar said that admission and patient records are completely transparent, accessible and digital.

Maintaining talent in India

With the population of aging in developed countries, it is a growing concern to maintain doctors and researchers at home, demanding Indian healthcare workers.

Dr. Palaniswami believes that the solution lies in the creation of long -term institutional cultures where young professionals see opportunities for development. Kumar pointed to the global recognition of Sevete, especially in dentistry, and the international student exchanged as a way to maintain talent, attracting global participation.

Transparent admission procedures, digital records, and integrated patient-focused systems are setting benchmarks, but it will take time to scale them across India.

“You have to take young doctors, train them, create an environment in which they can develop and develop. You are not necessarily going to run to all people to join, but you need five to ten years of patients with a patient scene-a building culture,” Dr. Palaniswami says.

Finally, the patient is a nucleus to any healthcare institute, says Kumar. Echoing the same, Dr. Palaniswami said, “You don’t provide good service and they will just go to the next hospital.”