“Patients and their families have great trust in the doctors. It is upon you to ensure that the trust is given due respect and that you treat them with care and compassion,” said President Ram Nath Kovind delivering the 45th convocation address at AIIMS here.
The President also appreciated efforts by the Union Health Ministry to provide quality health care to all and said, “Programmes like Mission Indradhanush are urgently trying to fill the immunisation gap and protecting all children from killer diseases.”
As a word of caution, the President stated that in our country, both obesity and malnutrition are substantial public health issues.
“And in our country, we have a very large child population as well as one of the world’s largest populations of senior people. Both these groups pose very different but very real challenges to our health care system and our doctors and nurses,” he said. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda was also present at the occasion, and awarded degrees to 572 graduating students.
Mr. Nadda said, “Innovation for low cost, effective and affordable health care is the need of the day.”
He said that to ensure quality health care, the Ministry has “undertaken reforms like setting up of more medical and nursing schools, introduction of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test [NEET] to get rid of multiple entrance exam and ensure greater transparency and better standard, reforms in Medical Council of India regulations have helped in taking up the total number of postgraduate seats.”
