President Droupadi Murmu greets a group of medical students at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
New Delhi, March 4
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said healthcare is a profession where welfare of the society is not possible if earning money is the main goal which is why doctors should make compassion their principal trait.
“Healthcare professionals have to make values of compassion, kindness and philanthropy their character traits while discharging their duty,” the President said, addressing a group of medical students, medical and non-medical consultants from different medical colleges of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, who called on her at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
The group is in Delhi under the Sevankur Bharat Programme of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan. The President lauded the pratishthan for providing health services to the needy at low rates in the spirit of public welfare for the last three decades and noted that the Sevankur Bharat Programme, started in 1997, is promoting national integrity and unity and strengthening the spirit of ‘Nation First’ among youth. Murmu also appreciated the ‘During Vacation - One Week for Nation’ programme.
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