Rajkot, Gujarat:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said development under his government is happening at a pace many times faster than in the last six to seven decades, and stressed that his guarantee begins where others leave hope. Is.

He was speaking after inaugurating All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rajkot in Gujarat, Bathinda in Punjab, Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal and Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh.

At the ceremony held here, the PM also dedicated to the nation various development works worth Rs 48,000 crore, including over 200 health care infrastructure projects worth Rs 11,500 crore in 23 states and union territories.

He said, “Modi’s guarantee starts from where hope from others ends.” He said that the country is also saying the same after seeing the pace of development.

PM Modi said, “For 50 years after independence, there was only one AIIMS in the country and that too in Delhi. In the seven decades after independence, only seven AIIMS were approved, but these too were never completed.” Governments.

“But in just 10 days, seven new AIIMS were either inaugurated or their foundation stones were laid. That is why I am saying that we are developing the country many times faster than what happened in the last six-seven decades and Are dedicated in stages.” of citizens,” he said.

He said that earlier people of different states used to get tired of asking the Central Government for AIIMS in their area, whereas today modern hospitals and medical facilities like AIIMS are being opened one after the other.

Saying that he has fulfilled his guarantee of setting up a large number of AIIMS, PM Modi said his government has approved 10 AIIMS in the last 10 years.

He said, “I had guaranteed (to establish) AIIMS in Rae Bareli, UP. The royal family of Congress did only politics in Rae Bareli, while the work was done by Modi.”

The PM said India managed to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic because of the changes brought about in the health care system in the last 10 years.

He said, “Today in Rajkot we got a glimpse of what the health sector of the world’s fifth largest economy should be like and what the level of health facilities will be like in a developed India.”

Modi said his government has unprecedentedly expanded the network of critical infrastructure along with AIIMS and medical colleges by opening more than one lakh ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir’ in villages, and increasing the number of medical colleges from 308-309 a decade ago. Has increased to 706. ,

He informed that during this period the number of MBBS and Medical PG seats has increased from 50,000 and 30,000 to over one lakh and 70,000 respectively.

The PM said that the priority of his government is to prevent diseases by increasing the ability to fight them.

“We have focused on nutrition, yoga, AYUSH and cleanliness to prevent diseases,” he said.

The PM said that as part of such efforts, two hospitals and research centers for yoga and naturopathy have been inaugurated in Maharashtra and Haryana.

He said that it is the continuous effort of the Central Government to ensure that the poor and middle class get quality medical treatment.

The PM told the gathering that the Ayushman Bharat scheme has helped the poor save Rs 1 lakh crore, while medicines at 80 per cent discount have helped the poor and the middle class save Rs 30,000 crore.

The Ujjwala scheme (to provide clean fuel through LPG connections) has helped poor families save Rs 70,000 crore, he said.

The PM said cheaper data has helped every mobile phone user save Rs 4,000 every month and tax reforms have helped taxpayers save Rs 2.5 lakh crore.

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