Solar energy firms can be enablers of healthcare: Apollo Hospital Joint MD

Solar energy providers can play a crucial role as enablers of healthcare in areas where there is inadequate access to a grid-connected power, Apollo Hospital Enterprise Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddy said on Tuesday.

Stating that India’s large number of primary healthcare centres and sub-centres are a huge opportunity for a “grid waiting to happen ”, she asked global majors in the solar technology sector to think about innovative solutions to apply their capability and talent to aid healthcare in the country.

“In the health sector, clinics, maternity wards, surgical blocks, medical warehouses and laboratories rely on electricity to refrigerate medicines, to power light to sterilise equipment and to operate live saving surgeries and devices,” Reddy said while speaking at the First World Solar Technology Summit.