Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated several schemes at a function

Assuring every possible help to make the King George Medical University (KGMU) best in the world, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated several schemes at a function held at scientific convention here on Thursday.

Extending retirement age for the state government’s medical college faculty to 65 years from 60 years, Yadav announced to hike the salaries of KGMU faculty as par with the faculties of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science (SGPGIMS).The Chief Minister assured KGMU with help in financial fronts and allotment of land to make the Medical University a World Class state of the art Signature Building. He inaugurated and laid foundation stones of over eleven projects worth Rs. 350 crore.

During his hour long stay, the Chief Minister also interacted with the students of the college and said throughout the world, stundents of KGMU proudly call them Georgians.While addressing, the chief minister called upon the people to eradicate the disease of communal and castist politics from the state and make joint effort to make develop the state.

On the ocassion, he inaugurated a modern teaching block, three different residential blocks of type 5, 2 and 1, a 100 seat boys hosptel, Virtual Class and computerisation and fibre optics cable network, which would equip the medical university with state of art communication system. Beside that, he laid the foundation stone of KGMU institue of skills, 250 room girls hostel, 932 room boys hostel, 650 room nurse hostel.

Speaking on the success of his government in medical fronts, the chief minister stated that while Samajwadi Party suprimo Mulayam Singh Yadav made advances in the education sector during his tenure, the present state government his taking his agenda’s ahead and so keeps the medical education at top priority.

“The government knows the agony of people, there would not be a single village in the stat where people would have sold off their land to efford expensive medical treatment. Our government kows that and that is why we are worked towards it and made treatment of deadly diseases like cancer and kidney diseases free of cost at medical colleges and state hospitals,” said the Chief Minister.

He added that beside free treatment at medical colleges, MlA’s can also give finacial aid upto Rs 25 lakh to the needy people. He also pointed out that a world cass cancer research institute is proposed at Chack Ganjaria Farm. He also said that to promote medical education in the state, aseveral medical colleges including Badaun and Jaunpur had been proposed and seats in the medical colleges are being increased.

Reminding the people about the sucess of ‘108’ and ‘102’ Ambulance service, the chief minister said that the state government is also working to modernise the police department of the state, so that just like medical help, police assistance could also reach the vicitms within 15 to 20 minutes.On the ocassion, Health Minister fo the state Ahmad Hasan pointed out that next year over 2100 seats in MBBS are expected to be increased. He aksi reminded that more poeple are coming to the state government’s medical colleges and hospitals because the qualiy had comenndably imporved.

Vice Chancellor of KGMU Ravi Kant said that with the held of Chief Minister, around 150 acres of land had been given to set up a satellite campus and stated that doctors of KGMU are serving humanity all over the world.