Manipal Cure and Care( MCC) was graced by the presence of Mr. Muhammad Yunus, The Noble Peace Prize awardee of 2006 accompanied by Mr. Vidar Jorgensen ? President Grameen America. They were welcomed by Dr.Satish Amarnath ? Medical director Manipal Cure and Care and the MCC team who took them around the centre.
Mr. Muhammad Yunus and Mr. Vidar Jorgensen ? were very impressed by this preventive health & wellness centre and his purpose of visiting Manipal Cure and Care is that he was looking at different healthcare delivery model especially scalable model which can be scaled down to a small poor rural community to large scale community development project which can be deployed at the block level.
Mr. Muhammad Yunus could see how Manipal Cure and Care have raised them self in the health care sector catering to all the health care & wellness needs of clients. As the saying goes, where Innovation is the key to success MCC have proved it practically, he could feel it personally while seeing the state of art facilities provided under one roof by Manipal Cure and Care.
Mr. Muhammad Yunus’s long-term vision is to eliminate poverty in the world. That vision can not be realized by means of micro-credit alone. But Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that, in the continuing efforts to achieving this, affordable healthcare also place a pivotal role.
About Mr. Muhammad Yunus
Mr. Muhammad Yunus has shown himself to be a leader who has managed to translate visions into practical action for the benefit of millions of people, not only in Bangladesh, but also in many other countries. Loans to poor people without any financial security had appeared to be an impossible idea. From modest beginnings three decades ago, Mr. Muhammad Yunus has, first and foremost through Grameen Bank, developed micro-credit into an ever more important instrument in the struggle against poverty. Grameen Bank has been a source of ideas and models for the many institutions in the field of micro-credit that have sprung up around the world.
Dr. Satish Amarnath, Medical Director, Manipal Cure and Care said that Mr. Yunus continuously looks forward at emerging health care business delivery model across the globe and his visit to Manipal Cure and Care reflects the same.