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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on July 8, 2018, said that quality of education in our medical colleges is the life blood of India’s healthy future and asked the medical professionals to be empathetic towards patients.

He was addressing the 30th convocation of TamilNadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai. The Minister for Health, Tamil Nadu, Dr C Vijaya Bhaskar, Minister for Fisheries, Tamil Nadu, D Jayakumar and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The Vice President said that universities must offer the best learning environment to the students and stressed on the need to learn from the best minds in the world. “We cannot contribute to the world of knowledge if we are unaware of the state-of-the-art in any discipline,” he added. The Vice President asked faculty to encourage the students to delve deeper. This will be possible only if the faculty members are themselves good listeners and good lifelong learners, he added, according to a PIB release.

The Vice President said that quality of healthcare depends mainly on the quality of healthcare professionals and asked medical professionals. Young doctors must work in rural area before getting their first promotion, he added.

The Vice President said that doctors have a number of emerging opportunities in the present Indian context. He said that they must be agile to adopt and adapt the best global practices for the benefit of the people. They must constantly set more ambitious goals and strive to achieve them, he added.

“It is a memorable day for the parents of the children graduating today because it is a fulfillment of their dreams to see their children succeed. It is a milestone for the institution itself because each year in the life of a University adds many alumni who will potentially raise the stature of that University with their performance. I have been informed by the Vice Chancellor that this University is much sought after by students by SAARC countries for skilled training,” Naidu said.

India has, according to the latest data, 479 medical colleges of which 227 are being run by government and 252 are in private sector with annual admission capacity of 67,532 MBBS and 31,415 post graduate students per year, Naidu said.  Besides, there are 6,848 DNB seats which are equivalent to MD/MS.

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