Prime-Minister Narendra Modi Announced the Plan to Establish 75,000 New Medical Seats Over the Next Five Years.

On August 15, 2024, Prime-Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of about 75,000 medical seats in the next five years.

 “In the last 10 years, we have ensured that there are around 1 lakh medical seats. About 25,000 youth go abroad for medical studies and they have to go to such countries that I am surprised. Because of this, we have decided to establish 75,000 additional medical seats over the next five years, as stated in his address to the nation.

Prime-Minister Narendra Modi Also Talked About Health Infrastructure:

Prime-Minister Narendra Modi also talked about increasing the number of hospitals over the years and increasing the total number of medical seats to help medical aspirants achieve their dreams. Health infrastructure has been expanded by sanctioning increase in the number of hospitals.

We have also announced an increase in the number of MBBS seats in medical colleges so that our children can fulfill their dream of serving the country as doctors,” he said.

The PM also talked about the miracles achieved by students from Tier-2 and 3 cities. “There are 100 schools in my country where children are building satellites and aspire to release them one day. Today thousands of tinkering labs are producing new scientists. Today thousands of tinkering labs are inspiring millions of children to follow the path of science and technology.

I want to tell the youth of our country that today there is no dearth of opportunities, this country is capable of creating more opportunities than you want. The sky’s the limit,” he said.

National Health Policy:

The Parliament of India approved the National Health Policy in 1983, with subsequent updates occurring in 2002 and again in 2017. Four recent key updates in 2017 note the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, and the need to address their emergence. The strong healthcare industry, increasing incidence of unsustainable expenditure due to healthcare costs, and increasing economic growth have led to increased fiscal capacity. Furthermore, in the long term, the policy aims for India to improve its current system to achieve universal health care.

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