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Noting that Indian students have been going to many small countries for medical education despite the language barrier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the private sector to make a big presence in the field. Speaking after inaugurating a webinar on the Union budget announcements on the health sector, Modi suggested that state governments should also formulate good policies for land allotment for medical education so that India could produce a large number of doctors and paramedics to fulfill even global demand.
His remarks assume significance at a time when a large number of Indian students, many of them studying medicine, have been stuck in Ukraine following the Russian attack on that country. The prime minister dwelled on the positive role of remote healthcare and telemedicine during the pandemic, and said they will play a big role in reducing health access divide between urban and rural India. Mentioning the upcoming 5G network and optical fiber network project for every village, he asked the private sector to come forward to increase its role and emphasised on the use of drone technology for medical purposes.Noting the growing global acceptance of Ayush, he exuded pride in WHO going to start its only Global Center of Traditional Medicine in India. “Now it is up to all of us how to create better solutions of Ayush for ourselves and for the world as well,” he added.
