Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday said that the State Government is pursuing on a project to promote medical tourism in the State. The idea is to develop such infrastructure so that patients are tempted to visit the State for better medical care.
Addressing a press conference at Surya Mandir in Sidhgora, Das said that the ground breaking ceremony of a 500-bed hospital will be performed soon at MGM Medical College. He informed that the government has allotted land for Manipal Medical College in Jamshedpur, by removing all the inconsistencies. From 2019, children will study MBBS in this university. The Chief Minister said that the Government wants to develop Jharkhand as a medical hub.“We also want to cultivate skills for compounders, housekeeping, and nursing. In next four years, with the concept of five medical colleges at Dumka, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Koderma and Chaibasa 1200 youth will get medical degree each year,” said Das.
The Chief Minister said that Youths are being trained in the areas of Engineering, Medical, Professor, Teacher, Nursing, and their talents. The government is working to hone skills of workforce.
The Chief Minister also informed that starting from the next year, 28 lakh farmers of the State will get a free smartphone by 2020, so that the farmers of the State can get the benefits.