PM’s target to have at least one medical college in every district
Bhuj, Gujarat: On Friday, 15 April 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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.
PM Modi was talking after dedicating to the nation a 200-bed hospital, The KK Patel Multi-speciality Hospital in Bhuj in Gujarat via video-conferencing. The hospital has been built by the Leuva Patel community.
The hospital will provide interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, radiation oncology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, nephrology, urology, nuclear medicine, neuro surgery, joint replacement and laboratory and radiology among other services.
Medical super-specialty services will be made readily available at affordable cost to the people of the area in the hospital.
"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 number of doctors after 10 years," the Prime Minister said.
He said two decades ago Gujarat had just nine medical colleges, but the medical education scenario has improved vastly in the last 20 years.
"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 the colleges. AIIMS in Rajkot has started admitting 50 students from 2021," PM Modi said in a conference.
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