Prevent Children From going for MBBS abroad-Modi appeals private sector to open medical colleges
The prime minister said Indian students going abroad for study, especially in medical education, also result in hundreds of billions of rupees exiting the country as well.;
New Delhi: Noting that Indian students have been going to many small countries for medical education despite the language barrier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the private sector to make a big presence in the field.
Speaking at a webinar on the Union budget announcements on the health sector, Modi suggested that state governments should also formulate "good policies" for land allotment for medical education so that India could produce a large number of doctors and paramedics to fulfill even global demand.
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His remarks assume significance at a time when a large number of Indian students, many of them studying medicine, have been stuck in Ukraine following the Russian attack on that country.
Modi made no direct mention of the crisis though.
The prime minister said Indian students going abroad for study, especially in medical education, also result in hundreds of billions of rupees exiting the country as well.
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