Book on healthcare management raises questions about India's health reform priorities

A recently published work by Tilak Shankar positions management as essential to reforming India's healthcare system. The book examines how better administration and operational practices could strengthen health services across the country.

However, observers argue that genuine healthcare transformation extends beyond management improvements. They contend that a meaningful paradigm shift requires substantially increased public health spending and effective policies to restrain excessive commercialisation in the medical sector, which has driven up costs for patients.