Jaipur: The government is making efforts to ensure each district of the country has a medical college or an institution for postgraduate medical education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.
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He also said the gap in medical education and delivery of health services was being reduced and that the government’s focus was on preventive healthcare as well as promoting ayurveda and yoga.
“In six years, more than 170 medical colleges have been completed and work on over 100 new medical colleges is going on at a fast pace,” Modi said at a virtual ceremony to mark the foundation stone laying of four medical colleges and inauguration of the Institute of Petrochemicals Technology in Rajasthan.
“The Centre is making efforts that there should be one medical college or institution for PG (post-graduate) medical education in every district,” he said.