New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Investment in health has stagnated and hospitals in the government sector and their human resources must be strengthened, according to President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), said Dr RV Asokan.

Speaking to ANI ahead of the interim budget, Asokan said that investment in the health space has stagnated even as disease burdens have risen.

"Our health investment has stagnated at 1.1 per cent of the GDP for many years. This underfunding is a reason for poor infrastructure and lack of human resources. So we feel without including the budget of drinking water sanitation, which we call health determinants, the core health budget should be at least 2.5 per cent...," he told ANI over an online video interview.

"We...