Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 14 -- Director General Medical Services (Navy), Surgeon Vice Admiral Shankar Subramanian, has said that healthcare professionals must look beyond medical technology and address the practical and financial burdens faced by patients and their families.
Inaugurating the Asian Stroke Summer School 2026 here last evening, he recounted his own family's experience of setting up a home-based ICU for his late father-in-law due to the prohibitive cost of hospital care.
Urging doctors to be more empathetic toward treatment expenses, he advocated for hybrid online consultations, decentralised diagnostic facilities, and affordable home-care models to support low-income families.
The international training programme is jointly...