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“India is present astatine the crossroads of societal and technological transformation. It has seen cutting-edge innovations successful the tract of aesculapian acquisition and health. You should not absorption lone connected providing wellness services successful municipality areas, but besides absorption connected providing wellness services successful agrarian areas,” said Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, speaking aft conferring degrees to aesculapian and nursing students astatine the yearly convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences held astatine the GKVK field successful Bengaluru connected Tuesday.
Mr. Shivakumar added, “By moving successful agrarian areas, wellness attraction professionals tin halt agrarian radical from coming to municipality areas successful hunt of aesculapian treatment.” Karnataka has the highest fig of wellness subject colleges successful the country. It produces 72,000 wellness subject graduates each year, of which 13,940 are doctors.
“This is the archetypal convocation I person attended aft assuming bureau arsenic the Chief Minister. I americium a husbandman by birth, a businessman by profession, an educationist by choice, and a person by interest. Therefore, I americium precise acrophobic astir the improvement of education, particularly aesculapian education,” helium said.
Meanwhile, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil announced the constitution of a crab hospital, aesculapian college, and trauma attraction centre successful each district.
He said, “The authorities is moving towards establishing authorities aesculapian colleges, crab hospitals, and trauma attraction centres successful each territory of the State. The authorities aspires that the communal radical of Karnataka get good, quality, and affordable healthcare services successful their ain State, helium said.
Nailady Sridhar Shetty, erstwhile president, Dental Council of India, Harshangi Veerabhadrappa, renowned paediatrician, and A.C. Shanmugam, Founder-Chancellor of Rajarajeshwari Medical College and Hospital, were conferred with honorary doctorates successful designation of their distinguished work successful the fields of education, health, and societal service.
A full of 103 students were awarded golden medals for scoring the highest marks successful assorted disciplines. More than 72,000 were awarded degrees.
Governor and Chancellor, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Vice-Chancellor, Bhagavan B.C. and others were present.
