<I wonder if our liberationist, extortionist brothers
could apply some of these models and come up with a
formula which allows folks to stay in business and
earn decent profits while these businesses also pay
taxes to the government. I think GOI and the
liberationists could collectively .......>
That is good intelligent Rajib ---finally-Talking!
That's what we have been trying for a year "Talk and work together ,synergically"
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From: Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>An economist friend of mine - from the North East but
>earned his spurs in JNU - actually took the time and
>came up with a business modeling tool for those
>wanting to set up business in the North East.
>Basically, where it differed from the regular ones,
>was its theory that the various "demands" need to
>modeled to be a part of the fixed cost of doing
>business as opposed to that being a variable cost like
>raw materials. Supposedly therein somewhere could like
>the great knowledge about running a sensible business
>there.
>
>I wonder if our liberationist, extortionist brothers
>could apply some of these models and come up with a
>formula which allows folks to stay in business and
>earn decent profits while these businesses also pay
>taxes to the government. I think GOI and the
>liberationists could collectively look at such a
>model. Let the libs take the money off to Bangladesh
>or wherever. Let the citizens live in peace and have a
>chance to prosper. Who knows with the GOI spending
>less on the army as well, they might just give the
>ordinary folks a tax break.
>
>--- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Actually, Apollo Hospitals (from what I have heard)
> > were seriously
> > considering to setup a hospital in North Guwahati.
> > They were surveying for
> > land. But they backed out after real fast - after
> > there were demands made -
> > think of it as an cost of doing business. :)
> >
> > --Ram
> >
> > On 10/26/06, Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > C-da,
> > >
> > > Have you had anyone in your family come down with
> > the
> > > curse of cancer? Have you roamed the aisles of
> > Tata
> > > Cancer Hospital to see how many from the NE are
> > there?
> > > Have you asked anyone how money is pooled together
> > > from family members to make the journey to Mumbai
> > get
> > > a fighting chance? You wouldn't ask the question
> > who
> > > it is for.
> > >
> > > If folks from the US and UK are making a beeline
> > for
> > > poor old India to get access to healthcare, it
> > DOES
> > > indeed speak volumes about the state of healthcare
> > > here - these big, rich nations having to send
> > their
> > > folks abroad.
> > >
> > > > *** That must be tragic. Them enemy can have the
> > > > Apollo's services, but the good
> > > > citizenry are deprived, all because of the
> > cursed
> > > > ------- :-)?????
> > >
> > > If only you would stop to ponder over the answer
> > :-)
> > > Is Apollo crazy to set up one in Guwahati. Who
> > knows
> > > who will come and shoot the medical director for
> > not
> > > paying up? Or worse, the patients - not paying up?
> > In
> > > our parts of the world, that is a real
> > possibility.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > And no, big brother GOI is not quite
> > directing
> > > > >it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > **** Well, that certainly proves that India can
> > > > do things even without govt. intervention. Now
> > > > the question is who can afford to use these
> > > > services? Is it for dollar/euro bearing
> > > > foreigners, the select few of the newly rich
> > > > desis, or the general population, including the
> > > > sector that does not feature in that shining
> > > > India's demography?
> > > >
> > > > > >Unfortunately while Dhaka could attract an
> > > > Apollo
> > > > >hospital, Guwahati still hasn't. Amazing isn't
> > it.
> > > >
> > > > *** That must be tragic. Them enemy can have the
> > > > Apollo's services, but the good
> > > > citizenry are deprived, all because of the
> > cursed
> > > > ------- :-)?????
> > > > BTW, who are these Assamese who can afford to go
> > > > to the Apollos of India? Is it a broad cross
> > > > section of the population or only those select
> > > > few?
> > > >
> > > > *** In the meantime, the need for public places
> > > > of health-care excellence must have been
> > > > abandoned entirely since it is an impossibility
> > > > in desi-demokrasy!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >On 10/26/06, Rajib Das
> > > > <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >Mikeda,
> > > > >
> > > > >Great idea. It is already happening - medical
> > > > >outsourcing in India. It is somewhat like the
> > early
> > > > >day
> > > > >of IT outsourcing. Roadwarriors of TCS going
> > out
> > > > and
> > > > >selling offshore IT services. A friend of mine
> > > > >branched out from IT into setting up a medical
> > > > clinic
> > > > >in Toronto and then tying up with Apollo
> > Hospitals
> > > > to
> > > > >send patients there for certain kinds of
> > surgeries.
> > > > In
> > > > >addition to 10 lakh healthworkers, you need
> > medical
> > > > >infrastructure of a high order. And other
> > regions
> > > > are
> > > > >making giant leaps. Somewhere near Noida, VC
> > > > companies
> > > > >from Silicon Valley are lining up to invest in
> > > > >Medicity - a huge town full of hospitals and
> > health
> > > > >workers catering to the offshore medical
> > services
> > > > >market. And no, big brother GOI is not quite
> > > > directing
> > > > >it.
> > > > >
> > > > >Unfortunately while Dhaka could attract an
> > Apollo
> > > > >hospital, Guwahati still hasn't. Amazing isn't
> > it.
> > > > >Given that train loads of people still make the
> > > > >journies to Mumbai and Vellore and Chennai
> > every
> > > > year
> > > > >with their patients. All we have in Guwahati is
> > > > >Downtown hospital which follows in letter and
> > > > spirit
> > > > >the Hotel California song ("You can check out
> > > > anytime
> > > > >but you may never leave" (unless you are
> > dead)).
> > > > It's
> > > > >a shame.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >--- mc mahant
> > > >
> > >
> >
><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >---------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >Very Good!
> > > > >
> > > > >Now look at the same problem low-budgetly:
> > > > >
> > > > >United Group Programs, a health insurer in Boca
> > > > Raton,
> > > > >Florida, began offering the programme six
> > months
> > > > ago.
> > > > >With medical costs skyrocketing in the United
> > > > States
> > > > >where Americans spend an estimated 16 per cent
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > >GDP on healthcare and in Europe, the idea of
> > going
> > > > >abroad to get healthy is becoming more and more
> > > > >attractive, Newsweek reported.
> > > > >
> > > > >More than 150,000 North American and European
> > are
> > > > >currently seeking medical treatment abroad, it
> > > > said.
> > > > >Giving instances of the savings, Newsweek
> > quoted
> > > > >GlobalChoice Healthcare, a firm arranging
> > foreign
> > > > >procedures, as saying that angioplasty which
> > costs
> > > > >$50,000 in an American hospital can be
> > performed
> >
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>
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