ICU and CPR Unite to Initiate 'MISSION CRITICAL: Visualizing a Pandemic-Prepared India by 2047'
India is taking a significant step towards ensuring its national pandemic preparedness, as key stakeholders from various sectors come together to develop a comprehensive plan. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Indian Council of Medical Research, state health departments, WHO India, public and private healthcare providers, academic and research institutions, and civil society organizations are all involved in this ambitious project.
The partnership, named "Mission Critical: Envisioning Pandemic-Ready India by 2047," is set to host a national conference on October 9, 2025. This conference aims to co-develop an actionable roadmap for India's long-term pandemic preparedness and critical care resilience by 2047.
The roadmap, titled the National 2047 Pandemic Preparedness Roadmap, will outline strategies, policy recommendations, and partnerships to ensure sustainable healthcare solutions. Dr. Ashwin Naik, Co-founder of Mission ICU, emphasizes the importance of preparedness for saving lives, ensuring economic and social stability, and building healthcare systems that are inclusive, accessible, and future-ready.
The conference will delve into critical pillars of preparedness, including accessible critical care infrastructure, disease surveillance and data integration, resilient healthcare systems, healthcare innovation, equitable access to care, and coordinated governance. The discussions will also focus on building pandemic-resistant clinical systems, advancing affordable technology solutions, and bridging existing gaps in the system with scalable models.
Mission ICU, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Dr. Ashwin Naik, Maanoj Shah, and Dr. Edmond Fernandes, has already made strides in upgrading rural India's healthcare infrastructure. They have deployed 220 ICU beds in 22 locations across 10 different states, bringing lifesaving facilities closer to underserved communities.
Compassionate Patient Response (CPR), a 501(c)(3) public charitable organization co-founded by Dr. Satya Garimella and Krishna Kottapalli, has also been instrumental in this initiative. Their mission is to donate critical care infrastructure for underprivileged communities in semi-urban and rural India. CPR has identified and mobilized resources for hospitals like AIIMS Bibinagar (Telangana) and Samarpan Children's Hospital (Maharashtra).
Dr. Satya Garimella and Krishna Kottapalli, Co-Founders of CPR, state that the joint efforts will align CSR initiatives, startup innovations, and medtech advancements with long-term strategies that leave no community behind. Mission ICU and CPR have partnered to bridge gaps in lifesaving healthcare facilities for underserved populations.
The expected outcome of the conference is the creation of the National 2047 Pandemic Preparedness Roadmap, linked to the year marking 100 years of India's independence. The partnership is working towards ensuring that India's healthcare system is not only resilient but also future-ready, ready to face any challenges that may come its way.
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