Education
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that India will be producing a record number of doctors soon
PM Narendra Modi said that India will be producing a record number of doctors in the upcoming decade because of the central government’s policy of setting up at least one medical college in each district. The Prime Minister’s remarks came as he was virtually dedicating a 200-bed KK Patel Multi-speciality Hospital in Gujarat’s Bhuj on Friday through video conferencing. This muti-speciality hospital has been set up by the Leuva Patel community.
PM Modi had remarked, “The goal of having at least one medical college in every district and ensuring that medical education was within reach of everyone will result in the country getting a record number of doctors after 10 years.”
IMPROVEMENT IN GUJARAT’S MEDICAL EDUCATION
PM Modi went on to say that while Gujarat had only nine medical colleges two decades ago, the medical education scenario has greatly improved in the past 20 years.
He went on to say, “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,” the prime minister added.
Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.