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Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 23: Lauding Jammuites for extending shelter and other facilities to the people displaced from Kashmir valley following the eruption of militancy, Union Minister for Health, Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said the gesture shown by the people of Jammu was unmatched example of mutual brotherhood.
After laying foundation of Vitasta Hospital, being constructed by Vitasta Health Care Trust and managed by a group of members of Kashmiri Pandit community, Azad said the Government implemented several plans for their rehabilitation in the State, which include construction of housing colonies at Sheikhpora Budgam and Nagrota Jammu.
The Union Minister said that the hospital, after its completion, would create new hopes for the patients, who are forced to move outside the State for advanced treatment.
Azad hoped that the hospital would cater to the needs of local patients adding that New Delhi would provide all support to the management in providing better medicare to the general people.
Throwing light on the healthcare facilities in India, Azad said 12.50 lakh beds were available in different hospitals to cater medicare needs of 115 crore population.
Of these, 5 lakhs are in government hospitals and rest in the private sector.
He said every effort was being made to encourage the opening of more hospitals in private sector to reduce the pressure on government hospitals.
Azad said the health sector was facing shortage of medicos and the health ministry was taking several measures to overcome this problem.
He said certain amendments had been made in the norms of Medical Council Act to facilitate opening of medical colleges in rural and far flung areas for the benefit of the general public.
Azad said the doctors who would serve in far flung and rural areas would be given additional internship marks.
He said New Delhi had proposed to open 250 new nursing colleges in India to produce 20,000 nurses annually to overcome the dearth of nursing staff in the hospitals.
Azad said two super specialty hospitals, one each at Jammu and Srinagar, were coming up at a cost of Rs 100 crore.
He said work on both hospitals was going on a war footing. Azad said New Delhi would provide funds for constructions and equipment while the State government had to provide doctors and other paramedical staff.
Speaking on the occasion, Tara Chand said the mission and projects left by Azad would be taken forward by the coalition government under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
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