Rajasthan CM urges Centre to Establish Govt medical college at Pratapgarh, Jalore

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has urged the Centre to immediately approve proposals to set up government medical colleges in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh and Jalore districts, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Gehlot has written a letter to the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in this regard, it said. 

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"The chief minister has written a letter requesting the central government to approve the proposals for the establishment of new medical colleges at Pratapgarh and Jalore district headquarters pending with it," it said.

The chief minister also urged the Centre to make necessary amendments in the provisions for setting up a new government medical college in the state's Rajsamand district, it said.

According to Gehlot, a private medical college already exists in the Rajsamand district and a government medical college cannot be established there as per the provision of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the statement said. 

"In this regard, the state government had earlier requested through several letters to review the relevant provisions of the centrally sponsored scheme and make necessary amendments," the statement said.

Gehlot said the fees in private medical colleges are high and not every student can bear the burden of such high fees.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier published that the Rajasthan government is moving fast in the direction of 'Right to Health', Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, as he directed the concerned officials to give final shape to it at the earliest.

In January this year, the Rajasthan government had prepared a draft bill of the country's first Right to Health law that defines the rights of patients, their attendants, and healthcare providers, and provides for a mechanism to address the grievances of the stakeholders. 

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