The
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad today
inaugurated a multi disciplinary health care facility of medical,
dental, physiotherapy, nursing, pharmacy and ayurveda at KLE University
in Belgaum, Karnataka. The Minister said he was happy to note that KLE –
a 96 year old University, is an excellent example of the fact, that in
our country the modern and the traditional systems not only co-exist but
are flourishing. He noted that facilities inaugurated today will add
to the capacity and capabilities of the University in providing holistic
education to the students and care to the patients. While inaugurating
the KLE charitable hospital, Shri Azad said that the private sector has
to also play an extremely important role by sharing the responsibilities
of the State not only in funding medical education but also in
providing health care services to the needy. “However, while ensuring
efficiency in teaching and improvement in quality, private sector
institutions should also take affirmative action to help the weaker and
disadvantaged sections to acquire professional/ higher education needed
in today’s world”, he emphasized.
“My Ministry intends to put in more concerted efforts to streamline the quality of education during 12th Plan with the objective of imparting high quality training and achieving clinical excellence in all our traditional and alternative systems”, the Minister emphasized. Shri Azad informed that financial assistance of Rs. 222.95 lakhs has been given by the Department of AYUSH, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to B.M. Kankanwadi Ayurveda College to successfully complete construction of the new block for PG departments and the Library, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of ‘Development of AYUSH Institutions’.
A total of Rs. 153.54 crores has been given till now to various State Governments and Government-aided AYUSH colleges for up-gradation of their infrastructure during the 11th five year plan. Shri Azad said “Under the National Rural Health Mission, mainstreaming of AYUSH systems has been emphasized recognizing that traditional medicine has a big role to play in the health care delivery to the masses. AYUSH doctors are now playing a bigger role in accomplishing public health tasks through the health care institutions”. During 11th Five Year Plan, for mainstreaming of AYUSH, Government of India released financial assistance of Rs. 758.70 Crores for Co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers, Community Health Centers and District Hospitals; Up-gradation of standalone AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries; Supply of essential drugs and Setting up of Programme Management Units in the States. India has the largest number of traditional and alternative medicine teaching institutions in the world. India is also training students from many neighboring countries and would continue to be the major hub for all systems of medical education, including AYUSH education with its focus on excellence. Shri Azad hoped that the active involvement of the Regulatory Councils and State Governments and the Central Government’s commitment to quality education, will result in raising the quality of our institutions and the standards of AYUSH health care, which will benefit the practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine as well as the people of this country. “I am happy that, along with the Central Government, the Karnataka State Government has been making concerted efforts in the direction of improving the public health delivery and education through Ayurveda”, the Minister said.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad informed that for imparting dental education, there are 292 dental colleges in the country with an intake of 23,960 BDS seats and 3,418 MDS seats. During the last two years, 5 new dental colleges have been established with annual intake of 450 BDS students. Since the year 2010, around 765 MDS seats in various specialties have been increased in the country. The 4+1 year rotational compulsory paid internship in BDS courses has been re-introduced from the BDS batch of 2007-08 onwards. An attempt would be made in the 12th Five Year Plan to provide routine and emergency dental care at CHC level in remote and backward districts.
The Minister added that significant attention is also being given to Health Research by the Ministry. In the areas of medical, para-medical and nursing education in the country, the Ministry has taken path breaking initiatives to increase the Human Resource, Shri Azad informed. As against the past six decades, in last two and a half year’s time, the number of MBBS seats has gone up from 32,892 to 41,469, an increase of 8,577 seats. The number of PG seats has increased from 13,000 to 21,181, an increase of 8,181 seats. Within this period, 46 new medical colleges have been established raising the number from 289 to present day 335. To overcome the shortage of Nurses and ANMs, the Ministry has sanctioned 269 nursing schools in the last two years, mostly in remote, inaccessible and under-served districts. These institutions will give us an additional 22,000 nurses annually. Shri Azad elaborated that to give a boost to para-medical education and scale up the availability of para-medics, a National Institute of Paramedical Sciences (NIPS) at Delhi and 8 Regional Institutes of Excellence (RIPS) at Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Aurangabad have been sanctioned.
“My Ministry intends to put in more concerted efforts to streamline the quality of education during 12th Plan with the objective of imparting high quality training and achieving clinical excellence in all our traditional and alternative systems”, the Minister emphasized. Shri Azad informed that financial assistance of Rs. 222.95 lakhs has been given by the Department of AYUSH, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to B.M. Kankanwadi Ayurveda College to successfully complete construction of the new block for PG departments and the Library, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of ‘Development of AYUSH Institutions’.
A total of Rs. 153.54 crores has been given till now to various State Governments and Government-aided AYUSH colleges for up-gradation of their infrastructure during the 11th five year plan. Shri Azad said “Under the National Rural Health Mission, mainstreaming of AYUSH systems has been emphasized recognizing that traditional medicine has a big role to play in the health care delivery to the masses. AYUSH doctors are now playing a bigger role in accomplishing public health tasks through the health care institutions”. During 11th Five Year Plan, for mainstreaming of AYUSH, Government of India released financial assistance of Rs. 758.70 Crores for Co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers, Community Health Centers and District Hospitals; Up-gradation of standalone AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries; Supply of essential drugs and Setting up of Programme Management Units in the States. India has the largest number of traditional and alternative medicine teaching institutions in the world. India is also training students from many neighboring countries and would continue to be the major hub for all systems of medical education, including AYUSH education with its focus on excellence. Shri Azad hoped that the active involvement of the Regulatory Councils and State Governments and the Central Government’s commitment to quality education, will result in raising the quality of our institutions and the standards of AYUSH health care, which will benefit the practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine as well as the people of this country. “I am happy that, along with the Central Government, the Karnataka State Government has been making concerted efforts in the direction of improving the public health delivery and education through Ayurveda”, the Minister said.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad informed that for imparting dental education, there are 292 dental colleges in the country with an intake of 23,960 BDS seats and 3,418 MDS seats. During the last two years, 5 new dental colleges have been established with annual intake of 450 BDS students. Since the year 2010, around 765 MDS seats in various specialties have been increased in the country. The 4+1 year rotational compulsory paid internship in BDS courses has been re-introduced from the BDS batch of 2007-08 onwards. An attempt would be made in the 12th Five Year Plan to provide routine and emergency dental care at CHC level in remote and backward districts.
The Minister added that significant attention is also being given to Health Research by the Ministry. In the areas of medical, para-medical and nursing education in the country, the Ministry has taken path breaking initiatives to increase the Human Resource, Shri Azad informed. As against the past six decades, in last two and a half year’s time, the number of MBBS seats has gone up from 32,892 to 41,469, an increase of 8,577 seats. The number of PG seats has increased from 13,000 to 21,181, an increase of 8,181 seats. Within this period, 46 new medical colleges have been established raising the number from 289 to present day 335. To overcome the shortage of Nurses and ANMs, the Ministry has sanctioned 269 nursing schools in the last two years, mostly in remote, inaccessible and under-served districts. These institutions will give us an additional 22,000 nurses annually. Shri Azad elaborated that to give a boost to para-medical education and scale up the availability of para-medics, a National Institute of Paramedical Sciences (NIPS) at Delhi and 8 Regional Institutes of Excellence (RIPS) at Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Aurangabad have been sanctioned.
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