Rural Medical Education Bill introduced in Parliament to provide tuition-waived medical seats
Anu Parthiban | April 3, 2022 | 12:00 PM IST | 1 min read
The minister added that the Rural Medical Education Bill seeks to facilitate the inclusion of needy, marginalized communities into our health workforce.
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule introduced Rural Medical Education Bill in the Lok Sabha to provide tuition-waived medical seats to needy candidates from rural districts in India.
Supriya Sule said, “The Rural Medical Education Bill, 2022 - seeks to provide tuition-waived medical seats to needy candidates from rural districts in India, on the condition that they will practice and provide care to people in their home district for a minimum duration of time.”
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“65% of the Indian population that lives in rural areas had to flounder for adequate healthcare,” she said. The minister added that the Rural Medical Education Bill seeks to facilitate the inclusion of needy, marginalized communities into our health workforce.
Introduced The Rural Medical Education Bill, 2022 - seeks to provide tuition-waived medical seats to needy candidates from rural districts in India, on the condition that they will practice and provide care to people in their home district for a minimum duration of time. pic.twitter.com/OAMu94PCS9
— Supriya Sule (@supriya_sule) April 3, 2022
“With this comes the added benefit of receiving healthcare from doctors from ones own community and area, who are more likely to understand its intricacies and context,” she added.
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