Health care should be made accessible to all: Minister

‘It is our responsibility to make technology available and affordable for the needy’

“It is a matter of concern that advanced medical technology is not accessible to the poor and rural population,’’ Minister for Higher Education, IT, BT, Science and technology C.N. Ashwath Narayan said in Belagavi on Wednesday.

“Unprecedented quality of tertiary health care is being made possible by regular advancement in medical. It is making early and definitive diagnosis of diseases and specific cures possible,” he said.

“Though such technology is advancing swiftly across the world, but it is beyond the reach of the common man,’’ he added.

“It is our responsibility to find ways and means to make technology available, accessible and affordable to the needy even in the remotest areas,’’ the Minister said.

He was address a gathering at the 12th Convocation of KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (KAHER) at the KLE Convention Centre.

“Knowledge should be built on time-tested principles of five core universal values: Truth (Satya), righteous conduct (Dharma), peace (Shanti), love (Prem) and non-violence (Ahimsa), which represent the five facets of human personalities — intellectual, physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual. They also represent the five major objectives of education: knowledge, skill, balance, vision and identity,’’ he said.

He reiterated that Karnataka was the first State to implement the National Education Policy NEP-2020 in the academic year 2021-22. “This step will re-energise and strengthen the entire gamut of higher education system which will usher in equity, gender equality and inclusive growth of every section of society. The impact of NEP will be so evident in the coming years that the State will produce intellectuals, business leaders, entrepreneurs and literary figures of the highest order,’’ he said.