PM wants each state to have one medical college, tech institutions to teach in mother tongues

He said this will improve medical services in remote areas as more and more doctors will be able to reach out to people in their mother tongue and understand their problems.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his dream is that each state should have one medical college and technical institutions that will impart education and knowledge in a local language. He said this after laying the foundation stone of two medical colleges and launching the 'Asom Mala' scheme to upgrade state highways. The two medical colleges and hospitals will come up in Biswanath and Charaideo districts.

"There is no dearth of talent in the villages and far-flung areas. I have a daring dream of each state having at least one medical college and a technical institution imparting education in the local language," he said, promising setting up such institutions in Assam after the Assembly elections.

Until 2016 there were only six medical colleges in the state but six more were added in just five years. The number of seats in medical colleges have gone up from 725 to 1,600 now, he said. 
The prime minister said the 'Asom Mala' scheme will lead to the creation of new opportunities. Under the scheme, the Public Works Department (PWD) will upgrade the state highways.

The Asom Mala scheme, with an outlay of Rs 8,210 crore, will provide inter-linkage between highways and rural roads and high speed corridors.

The Medical College and Hospital at Biswanath will be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 565 crore and Rs 557 crore will be spent on the facility at Charaideo. They will have 100 seats each and serve as hub of medical education and also improve doctor to patient ratio. 

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