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Muslims at the bottom of healthcare: Kapil
Sibal
Monday October 01, 2012 09:13:48 AM,
IANS
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Aligarh:
Kapil Sibal, minister for HRD, communications and IT Saturday said
that the Muslim community in India was at the "bottom of the pile"
as far as healthcare was concerned.
"It is unfortunate, but health parameters indicate that the Muslim
community in India are at the bottom of the pile. We face great
challenges in the field of health. Our health services in rural
areas are inadequate, availability of doctors and trained health
personnel is far from satisfactory", Sibal said while addressing
an audience at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of the Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU).
He added: "The cost of healthcare is creeping up beyond the reach
of the common people. Lower level of education and income, which
are important social determinants of our nation's health, also
severely affect health outcomes in rural areas as well as amongst
the Muslim community."
Sibal was the chief guest at the ceremony held to observe the
golden jubilee of the college.
He also called upon AMU students to play their due role "by coming
forward and fulfilling the dreams of their founding father, Sir
Syed Ahmad Khan, by playing a lead role in serving their
environment through poverty and illness elimination programmes".
Earlier, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi
Azad inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Diabetes and
Endocrinology, built at a cost of Rs.397.81 lakh.
Azad also laid down the foundation stone for the upgradation of
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College hospital under Pradhan Mantri
Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY), Phase-II at a cost of Rs.150
lakh.
Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of J.N. Medical College
at the Kennedy Auditorium, Azad announced that 19 medical colleges
of the country including J.N. Medical College were being upgraded
to the level of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
He also announced that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
would provide all financial grants and amenities at par with those
of top central government hospitals in New Delhi.
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