New Delhi, August 9: India is on track to achieve the World Health Organisation-recommended ratio of one doctor per thousand population by 2024 and increase the number of hospital beds from 11 lakh to 22 lakh, NITI Aayog member Vinod Paul said on Monday. India has made remarkable progress in the field of health in the last 75 years. He said that at the time of independence the average age was only 28 years and now it has reached close to 70 years.
“However, we are still far from meeting people’s aspirations in terms of access to health services, and this remains a challenge. “We have taken several steps to address these problems in the last six-seven years, and the results are encouraging,” Paul said in the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) online discourse series ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. New India @ 75, organized by National Council for Science and Technology Communication and Vigyan Prasar.
“India is on track to have one doctor per thousand population by 2024, which is the doctor-to-population ratio recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and increasing the number of beds from 11 lakh to 22 lakh,” it said in a statement. Went. Paul said that Ayushman Bharat Yojana and Jan Arogya Yojana are programs that focus on providing all types of health facilities to the people and step towards universal health coverage, making health services affordable and ensuring access to health facilities. Huh.
DST Secretary Ashutosh Sharma highlighted the contribution of the department in the development and progress of the country over the last 50 years and efforts to make India a science, technology and innovation power in the world. “DST is a nursery to help, nurture and develop young talents for the progress and development of the country. It has the potential to create the talents of the future, and over the past five years, we have initiated a lot of planning and taken various steps to identify and rectify the gaps to ensure that science, technology and innovation continue to progress. play an important role. and development of the country,” he said.
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