Doctors studying in govt colleges to serve in rural areas: Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that students, who enrol for graduate and post-graduate courses in state-run medical colleges, will have to sign bonds pledging to work in rural areas for up to two years. He said doctors will have to serve in rural areas for two years after completing their undergraduate degrees and one year after finishing their post-graduate courses. “During the admission processes, medical students will have to sign bonds that they will work in rural areas,” said Adityanath at a function in Lucknow to mark the first anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Yojna. He said the state government was overcoming the shortage of doctors, especially in the rural areas.

Adityanath said the number of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery seats have been increased at colleges in Gorakhpur and Rae Bareli. He added the government has also sent a proposal to the Centre for opening 15 new medical colleges. “Each medical college will be set up strategically to cater to health services in a minimum of two districts. Only 12 medical colleges were opened from 1947 to 2012,” he said.

He said the health department was using telemedicine software to provide services to the people in far-flung areas. “The state government is also operating life support ambulances to transport patients from far-flung areas...”

ADITYANATH SAID THE NUMBER OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY SEATS HAVE BEEN INCREASED