70 per cent of India's healthcare infrastructure is limited to the top 20 cities. Apart from this, 30 per cent of Indians go to poverty line because of spending on health care every year.

According to a Knowledge Letter, "How MHealth Can Make a Revolution in the Indian Health Care Industry" jointly released by PWC and CII, 30 per cent of the people in India are deprived of primary healthcare facilities. It states that India alone is facing a 21 percent burden of global disease.

PWC's 14th India Health Summit was said in the Knowledge Letter said that access to basic health care is a challenge because the basic infrastructure and resources are inadequate. In the Knowledge Letter, the gloomy picture of health services inside India showed that 70 per cent of India's healthcare infrastructure is limited to the top 20 cities and 30 per cent Indians have not access to primary health care facilities.

The letter states, "There are only 0.7 doctors, 1.3 nurse and 1.1 hospital beds per 1000 population in India. This requires a type of MHealth (Mobile Health) channel. In addition, in fact, some data in the Indian Health Service Ecosystem are worrying, in which a large part of the population is still deprived of primary treatment. It is important to take advantage of new methods to make quality healthcare affordable and affordable healthcare accessible to everyone."

India has considerable potential to take advantage of MHealth (Mobile Health) as an alternative health care delivery channel and this facility can revolutionize the Indian healthcare industry. Dr Rana Mehta of PWC India Healthcare said, "If MHealth is fully adopted in India, then it can play an important role in improving the healthcare of the country."

They said, "India's population is about 1.3 billion and if we take a conservative estimate of 6-8 percent, then we can expect additional 7.9 to 10.5 crore people to access health care."

Dr. Naresh Trehan, President of CII Healthcare Council, said, "India needs new and innovative methods to provide care and compensation for the health care workers and the lack of infrastructure."

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