India needs to step up medical research: Narendra Modi

There is a need to focus on medical research in India to meet the needs of new world, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi yesterday.
 
“While Indian doctors have made a name for themselves across the world, India needs to step up medical research, to keep pace with a fast-changing world. Therefore, young doctors should record case-histories in specific areas as they go about their profession,” said Modi. He also urged them to work towards achieving a higher number of publications in scientific journals.
 
He urged the young graduates to keep the student mindset in alive, so that they could scale great heights in their profession. "This is not the end of your learning – rather you are now going from a closed and protected classroom, to an open classroom,” Modi said.
 
He advised the graduating students to follow the examples set by the doyens of the medical fraternity who were being given lifetime achievement awards today.
 
Prime Minister also presented lifetime achievement awards to eminent professionals in the field of medical science, and medals and prizes to meritorious students.