New Delhi, April 13: Another 10,000 paramedics and 20,000 nurses will be added to staff community and primary health centres in remote districts of the country. The Centre plans to set up nine regional institutes for paramedical services and 265 nursing colleges, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Monday.
These steps will be in addition to the Medical Council of India’s initiatives such as the Bachelor of Rural Health Care programme – aimed at creating a rural medical corps – and upgrade of medical colleges for 10,000 more post-graduate seats within two years.
—–Agencies