India to get record number of doctors in next 10 years: PM Modi
The Hindu
The Prime Minister was speaking after dedicating to the nation a 200-bed K.K. Patel Mutli-speciality Hospital in Bhuj in Gujarat via video-conferencing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, April 15, 2022, said the country will get a record number of doctors in the next 10 years due to the central government's policy of establishing at least one medical college in every district.
Mr. Modi was speaking after dedicating to the nation a 200-bed K.K. Patel Mutli-speciality Hospital in Bhuj in Gujarat via video-conferencing. The hospital has been built by the Leuva Patel community.
“The goal of having at least one medical college in every district and ensuring that medical education was in reach of everyone will result in the country getting a record numbers of doctors after 10 years,” the Prime Minister said.
Two decades ago Gujarat had just nine medical colleges, but the medical education scenario has improved vastly in the last 20 years, Mr. Modi said.
“Now the State has one AIIMS and over three dozen medical colleges. Earlier, only 1,000 students used to get admission in medical colleges of Gujarat, now around 6,000 students get admission in these colleges. AIIMS in Rajkot has started admitting 50 students from 2021,” Mr. Modi said.
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