On the occasion of the World Health Day on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Government is working tirelessly to augment India's health infrastructure.
In a series of tweets on the D Day, the Prime Minister also, expressed gratitude to all those associated with the health sector.
“It is their hard work that has kept our planet protected," he said. The theme of World Health Day 2022 is "Our Planet, Our Health".
Modi said that the Government's focus is on ensuring good quality and affordable healthcare to our citizens.
"The Government is working tirelessly to augment India's health infrastructure. The focus is on ensuring good quality and affordable healthcare to our citizens. It makes every Indian proud that our nation is home to the world's largest healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat," Modi said.
Highlighting how affordable healthcare has ensured significant savings for the impoverished, he said: "I feel very happy when I interact with beneficiaries of schemes such as 'PM Jan Aushadhi'. Our focus on affordable healthcare has ensured significant savings for the poor and middle class.
At the same time we are strengthening our Ayush network to further boost overall wellness."
Addressing medical education in the country, Modi added: "In the last eight years, the medical education sector has undergone rapid transformations.
Several new medical colleges have come up. Our government's efforts to enable study of medicine in local languages will give wings to the aspirations of countless youngsters."
He said that the government's focus is on ensuring good quality and affordable healthcare to our citizens. On the D day, the Union Ministry of Ayush celebrated Yoga Amrit Mahotsav in the backdrop of Red Fort, Delhi.
The grand programme was organised for a demonstration of the Common Yoga Protocol and flagged a 75-day countdown to the International Day of Yoga (June 21).
The event was attended by several Union Ministers, Members of the Parliament, Ambassadors of various countries stationed in Delhi, prominent sports celebrities, and yoga gurus. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla graced the event as the Chief Guest.
The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on April 7 under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).