Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Sunday claimed that he is “sorry” saying modern Indian women want to remain single, are unwilling to give birth even after marriage and want children through surrogacy. . He said it was a “paradigm”. change in thinking” and “not good”.
“Today, I’m sorry to say, many modern women in India want to remain single. Even if they get married, they don’t want to give birth. They want surrogacy. That’s why our thinking has changed. , which is not good.”
Describing it as a “Western influence” on Indian society, the minister said people were unwilling to let their parents live with them. “Unfortunately, today we are going the western way. We don’t want our parents to be with us, forget about grandparents being with us,” he said.
Speaking about mental health in India, Sudhakar said that every seventh Indian had some kind of mental problem, which can be mild, moderate and severe. However, according to him, stress management was an art and Indians need not learn it but teach the world how to handle it.
“Stress management is an art. This is not an art we need to learn as Indians. We need to teach the world how to deal with stress, because yoga, meditation and pranayama are wonderful tools that were used by our ancestors. Taught the world thousands of years ago.
“The pandemic caused the government to start counseling Covid-19 patients. So far, we have counseled 24 lakh COVID-19 patients in Karnataka. I don’t know any other state that has done this.”
Sudhakar also expressed his gratitude to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who spoke at the event, for delivering 1.5 crore COVID-19 vaccines to Karnataka every month since September, thereby increasing the vaccination coverage in the state. He lauded the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government for providing 94 crore vaccines since the start of the vaccination campaign, as the country undertook the arduous task of vaccinating the entire population free of cost.
“We are the only country giving vaccines for free. Elsewhere, people have to pay between Rs 1,500 to Rs 4,000 per vaccine,” Sudhakar said.
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