Healthcare systems are shifting from fragmented, episodic hospital-based care to robust, community-centred primary care models that are accessible, affordable, and coordinated, says Dr Sunita Maheshwari, Senior Paediatric Cardiologist & Founder, RxDx Clinics. “This transition recognises that health is shaped not just by disease, but by how people live, work, and function within their families and communities,” she explains.
“Primary care plays a critical role in ensuring continuity, early intervention, and holistic management across life stages.” The new clinic at RR Nagar has been designed as a neighbourhood healthcare hub, serving residents of Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Uttarahalli, Kengeri, and surrounding areas, by bringing coordinated, high-quality care closer to home, she adds.
The centre offers a multidisciplinary clinical team that includes general and family physicians, internal medicine doctors, diabetologists, dentists, nutritionists, physiotherapists, obstetricians and gynaecologists, paediatricians, dermatologists, and ENT specialists. This integrated structure allows preventive, acute, chronic, and post-surgical follow-up care to be delivered seamlessly, always starting with the individual rather than just the diagnosis, she says.
Dr Tasneema Khanum, Family Physician/GP at the clinic, says, “Primary care works best when doctors know their patients over time. Understanding medical history, family context, and everyday realities allows us to intervene early, prevent unnecessary escalation, and guide patients confidently through their health journeys.”
Sunita says referrals are coordinated within the network to avoid fragmentation. Visiting specialists and super-specialists from leading hospitals provide access to cardiology, fertility care, pulmonology, nephrology, rheumatology, endocrinology, orthopaedics, neurology, gastroenterology, psychiatry, psychology, ophthalmology, and dental services.
Dr Shuba Sandeep, Senior Dental Surgeon, says, “Oral health is closely linked to overall health. Integrating dental care with primary care helps us identify connections with conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and chronic inflammation, ensuring issues are addressed early as part of a comprehensive health plan.”
Sunita adds that strengthening primary care is key to building resilient healthcare systems that focus on prevention, continuity, and patient-centred care.
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(Views expressed are based on the expert’s understanding of the field.)
