Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday urged doctors to interact with patients and their families with kindness, empathy and compassion as such a good approach gives the patients a healing touch and help them feel better during treatment.
The Vice-President stated this while addressing the first convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar here.
Naidu said the AIIMS Bhubaneswar, as envisioned by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, would reduce regional imbalance in healthcare and tertiary sector. He said that medical facilities and healthcare must be affordable for common man.
He said doctors, apart from giving medicines, should advise and guide people on preventive care and encourage them to take active participation in physical activities like walking, running and yoga and adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Naidu also urged the medical fraternity to propagate the idea behind Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. He said cleanliness of mind, body and wealth is essential. “There is a close connection between cleanliness and health. If the mind is clean, body will automatically become fit and fine,” he said.
Stating that India lives in villages and countryside, he emphasised on rural healthcare and strengthening of medical infrastructure in the country. Doctors, nurses and medical workers should also be well trained to cope with new frontiers of medicine, treatment and research, he said.
Besides, he advised young medical students to serve
rural people first after completion of graduation.
Naidu began his speech in Odia with ‘Namaskar’ saying, Mu Odishaku Bhalapae(I love Odisha).”
Union Petroleum and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Centre has provided Rs 3,000 crore to Odisha for strengthening healthcare sector during the
He said the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has to expand its scope of healthcare by performing critical operations, tertiary care, trauma care, cancer treatment. He urged Union Health Minister JP Nadda to instal a statute of Vajpayee in the premises of AIIMS, to which the Health Minister readily obliged to do it soon.
After attending the function, Naidu returned to New Delhi around 11.50 am.
Among others, Union Health Minister JP Nadda, MP Prasanna Patnsani and AIIMS Bhubaneswar Director Dr Gitanjali Batmanabane were present.