Will increase medical seats across country: Venkaiah Naidu
He said the aforementioned decision of the government was taken keeping in view the demand for doctors and health services.
VIJAYAWADA: Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said in Vijayawada on Thursday that the Centre will increase the number of medical colleges across the country.
The Union minister’s re-marks, made during his visit to BJP’s state office in Vijayawada, over the proposed increase in the number of medical colleges in the country has attracted the attention of the medical community from the two Telugu states.
Speaking on the occasion, he said the aforementioned decision of the government was taken keeping in view the demand for doctors and health services. He also sa-id the government has de-cided to open medical colleges in every district, both in public and private sector. The new medical colleges will be affiliated to government hospitals located in the district headquarters.
Welcoming Mr Venkaiah Naidu's statement, Medical Council of India (MCI) member from Telangana, Dr K. Ramesh Reddy said that there is a need for more doctors in India but there is unequal distribution of colleges and seats at present. “The medical colleges are mainly concentrated in Maharashtra, Ka-rnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Pu-ducherry,” Dr Ramesh Re-ddy said and added that despite 53,000 joining the profession per year across the country the demand could not be met.