‘Healthcare, education imperative for nation’s development’
The Hindu
President Ram Nath Kovind speaks after inaugurating 450-bed hospital of CIMS
The President, Ram Nath Kovind, said in Chamarajanagar on Thursday that healthcare and education constituted the twin foundations for a development of the nation and healthcare should be available to all.
He was speaking after inaugurating the 450-bed hospital of Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences. Pointing out that the area around the CIMS is densely forested and many of the people living in it are from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the President urged the administration of CIMS and the State Government to take steps to make affordable healthcare available to them with the goal of providing universal healthcare for all. “This would be in tune with the true aim of the expansion of medical services in the country’’, he added.
Speaking on the healthcare infrastructure the President said the Union Government had already increased the number of AIIMS from 6 to 22 and was opening medical colleges in every district.