Govt investing in six fronts to boost healthcare services: PM Modi
Mohali, August 24: While inaugurating Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Mohali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid down the six fronts on which the Central government is making "record investments" in order to strengthen the healthcare services in the country.
Speaking at the event, the Prime Minister said, "The healthcare services are being strengthened on six fronts. The first front is encouraging prevention healthcare. The second one is opening small and modern hospitals. The third front is opening big institutes of medical colleges and research. The fourth front is increasing the number of doctors and paramedical staff in the country. The fifth one is to make medicines available to patients at cheap rates and affordable medical equipment. The sixth is lessening the patients' problems using technology. The Centre is making record investments in these six fronts."
The Prime Minister emphasised that the country's healthcare system can be strengthened "only when" hospitals provide solutions to problems, while also stating that the Centre has prioritised holistic healthcare during its tenure since 2014.
"When the people of India will get modern hospitals and facilities for treatment, then they will get well sooner, and their energy will be channelled in the right direction," Prime Minster further said.
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"The meaning of a good healthcare system is not constructing only 4-sided walls. The healthcare system of any country is strengthened only when it provides solution to problems. Holistic healthcare has been placed among the top priorities in the country in the last eight years," he added.
He went on to say that the work that has been done in the healthcare field in the past eight years, has not been done "even in the last 70 years".
"We recently have taken a pledge to make India a developed country. To make India a developed nation, it's important to develop its health services. When the people of India will get modern hospitals and facilities for treatment, then they will get well sooner, and their energy will be channelled in the right direction. The country has got an advanced hospital in the form of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre," PM Modi added.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dedicated 'Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre' to the Nation in Punjab's Mohali district, in an effort to deliver world-class Cancer care to the people of Punjab and neighbouring States and UTs.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann felicitated the Prime Minister at the inauguration of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
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