Individuals can help needy rather than always depending on govt assistance: L&T chief Naik SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 07, 2021, 06:09 PM IST Share Synopsis "In a large country like India, we cannot depend on the government for all assistance. It is our individual responsibility to do whatever we can to help those less fortunate than ourselves," Naik told , after starting work through his own trust on multi-speciality hospital at Navasari in rural south Gujarat. "Affordable healthcare is the lifeline of hope for those in need. Ideally, we should never let lack of money come between patient and cure," Naik said. India needs its well-established individuals to take a lead in developing welfare services rather than depending all the time on government services, Larsen & Toubro Group Chairman A M Naik said on Sunday. Naik, a Padma Vibhushan awardee, has set up a soon-to-be-inaugurated 100-bed cancer hospital at an eight-acre campus 'AM Naik Healthcare Complex' in Gujarat. It aims to cater to the people of the region and India's Vice President of M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone of 500-bed Nirali Multi-speciality hospital in the same complex recently.