India’s healthcare has grown beyond curative aspect: JP Nadda

He said, “The healthcare in India has grown beyond the curative aspect. We now inculcate preventive and promotive healthcare. It has now become possible with the introduction of systems like Aayusmaan Bharat and the establishment of 30,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS).” The target of the Medical Council of India is to create 1,75,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in the immediate future to deliver comprehensive Primary Health Care, he added.

Nadda also expressed the requirement for free and accessible healthcare services and said, “Free healthcare services that are provided by hospitals such as this one are necessary to make healthcare more accessible to the community.” Nadda addressed the quality of education in India and remarked that the country should see an increase in medical seats up to 75,000.

“India will produce exemplary doctors not only to send abroad, but also to work within the nation.” Nadda commended the university hospital for being an all-female institution, urging more such initiatives.