Foundation stone laid for Health Institute

GULBARGA: Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences Institute of ESIC here on Saturday.Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that there are no dearth of funds and medicines in the country but the shortage of human resources and doctors was hurting them. To control this, he said, the Union government has increased the number of MBBS and MD seats considerably with the cooperation of Medical Council of India.“There is a need of 10 lakh medical personnel in the country and ESIC is providing necessary help to solve this problem.” Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge said that the hospital would be the first of its kind in the country, equipped with all medicinal facilities.