SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 (PAGE 20)
VP urges private sector to adopt philanthropic
approach for healthcare facilities in rural areas
NEW DELHI, May 18:
Vice President M Venkaiah
Naidu today expressed concern
over the lack of medical facili-
ties in rural areas and urged the
Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu addressing the
Convocation of Lady Hardinge Medical College, in New Delhi
on Friday.
private sector to supplement the
government's efforts in bridging
the urban-rural divide and
adopting a philanthropic
approach to make healthcare
affordable.
Ruing the shortage of doc-
tors and paramedical personnel
in the country, he suggested that
it should be made mandatory for
MBBS graduates to serve in
rural areas before first promo-
tion is granted to them.
"The private sector must not
only supplement the efforts of
the government in bridging the
urban-rural divide in the health
sector but adopt a more humane
and philanthropic approach,
ensuring that healthcare is
affordable and accessible,"
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Naidu said. and ethical standards.
He was speaking at the con- "This is all the more impor-
vocation ceremony of Lady tant in the present times when
Hardinge Medical College the image of the medical pro-
(LHMC). fession has been dented by the
Naidu said India's health perception that it has become
sector was facing the twin bur- highly commercialised," he
dens of communicable and said.
non-communicable diseases He said India was lagging
and he called upon public behind several countries in
health experts, healthcare pro- research output and urged the
fessionals, local bodies and medical college to accord high-
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He also urged faculty mem-
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dents but also mould their young
minds into those of conscien-
tious citizens with uncompro-
mising integrity, high morals