Maharashtra To Follow Tamil Nadu Example, Set up More Medical Colleges
Chennai: The Maharashtra Health Minister, Rajesh Ankushrao Tope, has applauded the efforts of the Tamil Nadu government in improving the health sector of the state and has also said that Maharashtra government will strive to emulate the commendable example set by Tamil Nadu.
Tope was recently on a two-day visit to Chennai along with his team.
Currently, Maharashtra has a total number of 57 medical colleges. Among these, 26 are Government medical colleges and 31 private ones.
Tope along with Mary Neelima Kerketta, Principal Secretary Public Health Department, Vijayakumar Lahane, Joint Secretary Health, Maharashtra and other officials held a discussion at the DMS campus on Monday along with Health Minister Ma Subramanian, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and other senior officials.
Tope expressed his delight at the fact that every year 10,000 doctors pass out in Tamil Nadu, adding he was impressed by the fact that almost every district has a medical college and people have access to tertiary care. "So we will follow Tamil Nadu and open more medical colleges. In the last one year Maharashtra government gas sanctioned four to five medical colleges and more will be sanctioned soon," he told the New Indian Express
Tope added that Tamil Nadu was always keen on investing more in healthcare. It spends six per cent of its budget on healthcare, whereas in Maharashtra it is only three per cent. The team also visited the National Health Mission office and Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC).
Further appreciating the TNMSC, Tope added that it adopts streamlined methods for procurement of drugs and equipment and for its storage.On Tuesday, the team will visit visit Government Omandurar Hospital, a peripheral hospital and a primary health centre.
