Chandigarh: The Health Ministry is planning to open new medical colleges in India. Besides, the ministry is planning to create more seats in the institutes run by the government. On Friday i.e. February 4, 2011, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that an ambitious scheme costing Rs 1350 crore will be implemented soon to strengthen the fabric of medical education.
Further, Mr. Azad said that an additional 4000 seats in medical colleges run by the central government have been created to produce more doctors every year. In addition, he told the sources that apart from this, 269 new nursing colleges will be opened to consolidate the para-medical infrastructure. The government is doing all-out efforts to eradicate communicable diseases from the country.
Furthermore, Mr. Azad said that they have launched a cancer-combat pilot project in hundred districts. Under this, each district will be given funds for early detection of cancer. And Rs 100000 will be given per patient for chemotherapy treatment, he added. He gave the statement while showing his concern on the WHO report, which says that India would become a real hub of cancer by 2020.
