New Delhi: Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Tuesday emphasised on the need for more qualified and specialist doctors in the rural areas of India.
Addressing the 20th convocation ceremony of National Board of Examination (NBE), Choubey said that the doctors should at least spend some years in rural areas.
"I appeal all of you to spend some years in the rural areas and serve the poor people, farmers and all others who face health problems, you all should serve in district hospitals too," said Choubey.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan present in the event stated that medical professionals (doctors) should always uphold honesty, integrity, accountability, sincerity, truth, and probity to become a 'good doctor'.
"Your journey has just begun, and it should be your endeavour to not just become a professional doctor but a good doctor," said Harshbardhan referring to all the young doctors present in the event.
Dr Harsh Vardhan and Ashwini Kumar Choubey together conferred gold medals to 71 students.
Enumerating the advances made in medical infrastructure, he stated that the numbers of AIIMS have now increased to 21 and work is also in progress on setting up 157 medical colleges mainly in the aspirational districts of the country to ensure that people here are provided superior health services.
Highlighting the need for more qualified and specialist doctors in the rural areas, Choubey, said, "Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, even the poor and needy can avail of quality tertiary care health facilities through PMJAY."
National Board of Examinations (NBE) is an autonomous organisation set up to conduct high level and uniform standard Post Graduate and Post-Doctoral examinations in the field of Modern Medicine and Allied Sciences.
NBE conducts 82 DNB broad specialities, super specialities and fellowship programs in sub-specialities across the country and conducts examination for it twice in a year.
