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INR15,000 crore question: why primary wellness-centre entrepreneurs hold the key to Ayushman Bharat

Patients leaving from a WISH Foundation-run health and wellness center in Rajsamand, Udaipur; photo by Anuj Gupta

Synopsis
Using better diagnostic aids, real-time data transfer, and digital tools, health and wellness centres and primary health centres can become the key links in India’s healthcare chain.

HB Parjapat may be in the sunset years of her life, but she is merrier than ever. The octogenarian from Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan had to cover a tortuous 70km of rugged terrain to get medical treatment at tertiary-care centres in and around Udaipur. However, things have changed for the better. Nowadays Parjapat visits the local health and wellness centre (HWC) 20km away at Rajsamand, where she sits before a TV screen and a general nursing and