The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that India needs structural reforms in the healthcare sector to improve delivery of services at the grassroots level and help the underprivileged access the facilities. He said, though India has made substantial progress in health determinants over the past decades, it is still much less than it's capacity. He said, India also does not compare well with what a number of other countries, particularly in South East Asia, have achieved. The Prime Minister was addressing the 30th Convocation Ceremony of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Dr Singh said, there is a need to recognise that a hospital-centered approach to healthcare has proved to be excessively costly even in advanced countries. He added that a more balanced approach will be to lay due emphasis on preventive health care.<br/>