India, Nov. 2 -- Dr Huzaifa Khorakiwala, trustee and CEO, Wockhardt Foundation, in an authored article published on Oct. 30, 2026, called for India’s next health care priority to shift from expanding facilities to improving last-mile access so that care is successfully completed.
The access gap
Khorakiwala wrote that India’s health care capacities have expanded in the last decade, including improvements in primary and preventive care systems, financial coverage, diagnostic facilities and digital health. He said a “serious discrepancy” remains between health care available and health care accessible, and argued that access is a chain in which a weak link can break the patient journey.
He described barriers faced by families in remote vill...