Budget 2024: Preventive Healthcare, Medical Research, Mental Health — Experts List Areas Health Budget Should Focus On

Budget 2024 expectations: Funds must be allocated for improving mental health services such as counselling and to ensure economically viable mental health resources are easily accessible to everyone.

Budget 2024 expectations: It is important to enhance medical research in the country to ensure that innovative therapeutic and diagnostic technologies can be developed. Preventive healthcare is essential because this will reduce the burden on the health sector. ( Image Source :Getty )

Budget 2024 Expectations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to announce the interim budget for the financial year 2024-25 on February 1. The healthcare budget for the financial year 2023-24 focused on five areas: medical and nursing colleges, sickle-cell anaemia elimination mission, medical research, pharma innovation, and multidisciplinary courses. Experts expect the healthcare budget for 2024-25 to focus on areas such as medical research, preventive healthcare, mental health, and