India to get record number of new doctors in 10 years: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India is likely to get a record number of doctors in the next 10 years. He made the remarks while inaugurating K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat today via video conferencing.

He said that hospitals are being constructed in every district and AIIMS are being established. He said medical Colleges are expanding medical education and the country is likely to get a record number of doctors in the next 10 years.

“Whether it is the goal of building medical colleges in every district of the country or efforts to make medical education accessible to all, the country is going to get a record number of new doctors in the coming 10 years,” said Modi.

He talked about the recent expansion of medical infrastructure and education in Gujarat. He said today there are 9 AIIMS, more than three dozen medical colleges, up from 9 colleges earlier. Medical seats have increased from 1100 to 6000. Rajkot AIIMs has gone functional, and Civil Hospital Ahmedabad is getting 1500 bed infrastructure for mother and child care, he informed. Facilities for cardiology and dialysis have grown manifold.