Doctors over 75 yrs honoured in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 28

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the process of opening one medical college in every district was under way to meet the demand of doctors in the state. He said a target had been set to prepare 2,500 doctors every year and for this, seats for the MBBS had been increased to 1,685 from 700 in 2014.

Khattar was addressing the “Doctors Day Award function”, organised under the aegis of the Haryana Medical Council at Indradhanush Auditorium in Sector 5, Panchkula, today.

Khattar and Health Minister Anil Vij honoured 90 doctors above the age of 75 years by presenting them the “Vat Vriksha Award”.

Dr RS Sangwan, aged 92, from Sirsa was also among those who received the honour.

The Chief Minister said at present, the number of doctors in both private and government sector in Haryana were about 13,000 to 14,000, whereas as per the United Nation Organisation norms, there should be one doctor per 1,000 population. If we consider the population of Haryana as 2.70 crore in 2021, then 27,000 doctors were required in the state.

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