Only 67,352 MBBS seats; Urgent Need to reform Medical education: President of India
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"Healthcare is above all else a service. Yes, it is also a business – but there is no greater business than saving a life."- President Kovind
Vellore: President Ram Nath Kovind stressed the need to reform medical education and create room for more colleges and medical graduates to increase the number of healthcare professionals in the country.
In his address at the centenary celebrations of Medical Education Programme of Christian Medical College here, Kovind said the country was experiencing a "transition", which is associated with multiple challenges in disease control that have to be managed simultaneously.
While the country has 1.47 million undergraduate engineering seats, there were only 67,352 such medical seats, he said.
About 20 per cent of those medical seats were added in the past four years, he said, adding "as a country and a system, we need to address this gap quickly".
"There is urgent need to do this... and to reform medical education so as to create room for more colleges and more medical graduates," he said.
Vellore: President Ram Nath Kovind stressed the need to reform medical education and create room for more colleges and medical graduates to increase the number of healthcare professionals in the country.
In his address at the centenary celebrations of Medical Education Programme of Christian Medical College here, Kovind said the country was experiencing a "transition", which is associated with multiple challenges in disease control that have to be managed simultaneously.
While the country has 1.47 million undergraduate engineering seats, there were only 67,352 such medical seats, he said.
About 20 per cent of those medical seats were added in the past four years, he said, adding "as a country and a system, we need to address this gap quickly".
"There is urgent need to do this... and to reform medical education so as to create room for more colleges and more medical graduates," he said.
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