AP CM Jagan Inaugurated Five New Medical Colleges
Amaravathi/Hyderabad, Sept 15 (Maxim News): Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has inaugurated five medical colleges simultaneously. After inaugurating the Vizianagaram government medical college on a sprawling 70 acres campus at Gajularega here on Friday, he also inaugurated by virtual mode from four other medical colleges in Rajamahendravaram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, and Nandyal.
Addressing the students on the occasion, he exhorted them to work hard to become experts in the field. The Chief Minister recalled that since Independence, Andhra Pradesh had only 11 medical colleges and now the government was coming up with 17 more medical colleges spending Rs. 8,480 crores.
“We will open five more medical colleges next year and another seven colleges in the subsequent year. So far, there are 2185 medical seats available and with the opening of new colleges, the number of seats has increased to 4735. This year alone, 609 seats were made available. The colleges are being opened in tribal and backward areas and in the coming days, another 2737 postgraduate seats will be available. Besides, 18 Nursing Colleges will be opened.
We have given top priority to health and set up 10,032 village clinics. At the village level, Asha workers are providing the services, he stated.
Jagan also said that every mandal would have a primary health center and under the family doctor program, free treatment would be provided in the village. Quality medicines were supplied in government hospitals and Arogyasri services were extended to 3,255 procedures, he added that the budgetary allocation for health was increased enormously compared to the past. (Maxim News)
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