Govt to formulate new rules for regulating medical devices

To strengthen secondary and tertiary levels of health care, adequate availability of specialist doctors is needed. “We have therefore decided to take steps to create additional 5,000 post graduate seats per annum. In addition, steps will be taken to roll-out DNB courses in big district hospitals; strengthen PG teaching in select ESI and municipal corporation hospitals; and encourage reputed private hospitals to start DNB courses. The central government will work with the state governments to take these tasks forward. The government is committed to take necessary steps for structural transformation of the regulatory framework of medical education and practice in India,” Jaitley said.

The government also plans to set up two new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the states of Jharkhand and Gujarat.