Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced a BRICS-backed partnership with India’s Narayana Health to strengthen hospital management and digital healthcare in Brazil..reports Asian Lite News Desk
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced a new healthcare partnership involving the BRICS Bank, the Brazilian government and India’s Narayana Health network to modernise Brazil’s public healthcare system through improved hospital management and digitalisation.
The announcement followed Lula’s meeting with renowned Indian cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty, founder of Narayana Health, to discuss the hospital network’s model of delivering advanced medical care at affordable costs.
“Today I received Doctor Devi Shetty to discuss the experience of the Narayana smart hospital networks in India, renowned for providing high-complexity surgeries and medical treatments at low cost,” Lula wrote in a post on X shared by the Embassy of India in Brazil.
The meeting was attended by Brazilian Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, Minister Miriam Belchior and Dr Ludhmila Hajjar, Full Professor of Emergencies at the University of São Paulo (USP).
Lula said Dr Shetty was in Brazil at the invitation of Dr Hajjar to participate in the International Congress on Hospital Urgencies and Emergencies.
The Brazilian President said the partnership would bring Narayana Health’s expertise in hospital administration and digital healthcare to Brazil’s public health system, the Sistema Unico de Saude (SUS).
“The trilateral partnership between the BRICS Bank, the Brazilian government, and the Narayana network will promote cooperation for the implementation in the SUS of all the management and digitalization experience of procedures that have made medical and hospital care more efficient and affordable in this hospital network in India and England, contributing to the technological revolution we are carrying out in the SUS,” Lula said.
He also highlighted the broader potential for healthcare collaboration among Global South nations.
“The health sector is one of the most promising areas for cooperation between Global South countries. Brazil and India have already advanced significantly in initiatives for the production of medicines and have enormous potential to progress in the areas of digitalisation and hospital management in the coming years,” he added.
The initiative reflects expanding India-Brazil cooperation under the BRICS framework, with both countries seeking to strengthen collaboration in affordable healthcare, digital health systems and hospital management. The partnership is expected to support Brazil’s efforts to modernise its public healthcare infrastructure while leveraging Narayana Health’s operational experience in India and the United Kingdom.
