Madhya Pradesh
Centre Planning To Make Doctors Work In Rural Areas: MOS Health, Kulaste
Union Health Minister's Announcement
Union Health Minister's Announcement on Rural Healthcare
Indore: Union Health Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste said the Centre is mulling to make it mandatory for doctors to work in rural areas for a stipulated time to overcome shortages and boost healthcare services there.
“We are thinking over making rules and regulations to ensure that the doctors work in rural areas for a stipulated time. We are not averse to doctors practicing in urban areas but want to do away with their shortage in rural areas,” Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Kulaste said at a function here.
He said that the Health Ministry was pondering over a proposal to give pre-eminence to medical graduates who had worked in rural areas in the pre-entrance test of PG courses.
Kulaste said to do away with the shortage of doctors, 10,000 seats in MBBS courses have been increased.
He said that according to a report of the World Health Organisation (WHO), a special drive will be undertaken to eradicate tuberculosis in the following states:
- Madhya Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
- Rajasthan
- Gujarat
- Jharkhand
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