PM lays foundation stone of Jorhat Medical College
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has laid the foundation stone of Jorhat Medical College at Jorhat in Assam today. He also flagged off a Mobile Medical Unit. Following is the text of the Prime Minister’s address on the occasion :
“I am very happy to be here today at Jorhat, this ancient city of learning and administration in Assam. It is also the district that has the highest literacy rate among all the districts of the State. I take pride in laying the foundation stone of the Jorhat Medical College in this seat of learning and scholarship in Assam.
This is the result of the efforts of the State Government following the decision taken in 2005 to set up three new medical colleges in addition to the medical colleges at Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar.
This Jorhat Medical College has been conceived as a state-of-the-art medical institution which will impart quality medical education and also be able to provide high quality health care to the people of this region in Assam.
In the case of medical colleges, the spread of medical institutions in the country is uneven with five southern States of India having more than 60% of the medical colleges. This uneven spread of facilities for medical education is at the root of the problem of poor medical care in several States of India.
The Planning Commission has projected a shortage of nearly one million nurses in the country in the next five years. Observers have also pointed out how India has a great potential to become the human resource pool for the “health care industry” in the world.
Nursing has provided many job opportunities to women and contributed to their empowerment in some States of the country. The women of the North-East are well educated and progressive in outlook.
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