The number of Medical Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir has increased from 4 to 12 in the last 10 years: Narendra Modi

Indian PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jammu, on Tuesday the place he stated the number of medical faculties in Jammu and Kashmir has increased from 4 to 12 in the last 10 years

The Prime Minister additionally inaugurated, launched and laid the basis stone of numerous different improvement works in the area and interacted with beneficiaries of Central schemes.

Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor, Jammu & Kashmir; Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of (*12*), Public (*10*) and Pensions of India; and Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma, Member of Parliament from Jammu had been current on the event.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister stated, “The number of Medical Colleges in J&Okay has increased from 4 to 12 in the last 10 years.”

“Similarly, in the similar time interval, MBBS seats in J&Okay have greater than doubled from 500 to 1300,” he stated.

Highlighting that “there have been no PG medical seats in J&Okay earlier than 2014”, he stated that “immediately there are 650 PG medical seats in the Union Territory”.

Thirty-five new nursing and paramedic faculties are additionally arising in the area which can lead to a substantial enhance in nursing seats as nicely, he additional said.

On inaugurating AIIMS Jammu, the Prime Minister stated, “The Union Government has added 15 new AIIMS in the last 10 years, together with two in J&Okay alone.” He stated that “after the commissioning of AIIMS Jammu, individuals of Jammu will not have to depart for Delhi to avail specialised medical therapy, which can assist them save priceless time and assets”.

The Prime Minister highlighted the speedy velocity of transformation of infrastructure in all the sectors of the nation.

He reiterated his imaginative and prescient of India to change into Viksit Bharat by 2047 and appealed to the individuals to work in direction of that imaginative and prescient.

He stated that Viksit Jammu & Kashmir is a prerequisite to Viksit Bharat and the numerous developmental and upliftment tasks of the Central Government in J&Okay are aimed toward fulfilling that imaginative and prescient into actuality.

Expressing his elation on the event, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare highlighted the dedication of the Union Government for AIIMS Jammu whose basis stone laying to inauguration took solely 5 years.