Health Minister J P Nadda today asked Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR to identify ten major pressing challenges in the field of healthcare and find out the local solutions. <br/><br/>He said, these suggestions will enable healthcare to become holistic and truly meaningful. The Health Minister said India has vast traditional knowledge, which should to be incorporated in medical research in a holistic manner.<br/><br/>The Minister was speaking at a award function in New Delhi. He felicitated 43 scientists for their work in communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health and various other medical and biomedical fields. <br/><br/>Mr Nadda also urged ICMR to go for cutting edge research and attract the best talent in the country which would be dedicated to research. He added that research should focus in increasing access to healthcare and in making innovations affordable to those who need them the most.