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Doctors' Day Special Nation

Enhanced infrastructure in the health sector Covid: Boost to health infrastructure
5.15 lakh oxygen beds
n 15 new AIIMS have been formed, and now the total number
of AIIMS has become 22. were arranged.
n More than 9400 Jan Aushadhi Kendras were opened, and
1.45 lakh ICU beds
more than 1800 types of generic medicines are available
here. were arranged.
n The Jan Aushadhi Kendra has saved the common people
63,850
more than Rs 23,000 crore.
n More than 1500 PSA plants were commissioned by the
Central Government.
ventilator beds
n Over 1.59 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness
were arranged.
Centers were inaugurated.
n The number of medical colleges has increased from 387 in
n 17.93 lakh isolation beds were arranged for
2013-14 to 648 in 2022-23, an increase of 67 percent.
corona patients during the Covid pandemic.
n The number of undergraduate medical seats has
n Fastest vaccination campaign ever: More
increased from 51,348 in 2013-14 to 99,000 in 2022-23, an
than 220 crore doses of vaccines were
increase of 93 percent.
administered.
n The number of postgraduate medical seats has increased
n Mission Indradhanush: Immunization of 4.45
from 31,185 in 2013-14 to 65,000 in 2022-23, an increase of
108 percent. crore children and 1.2 crore pregnant women.
n 310 AYUSH hospitals and 4,903 AYUSH dispensaries were
upgraded.
n According to the World Health Organisation, there should the districts of the country from the PM CARES
Fund while 238 PSA plants were set up through
be one doctor per 1000 patients, whereas in India now
Central Government PSUs. Through this, the
there is one doctor per 834 patients (including doctors of
availability of oxygen was ensured for the Covid
allopathy and AYUSH).
n 1017.67 crore budget earmarked in the year-2014 on health patients at the district and block level, which was
most needed at that time.
research while 2663 crore in 2022-23.
Taking forward the thinking of Prime
n In the year 2014, the government used to spend Rs 1042 on
Minister Narendra Modi, in which the dream
treatment per person, which was Rs 1815 in the year 2018-19.
of a developed India is paramount, under the
n In the year-2014, 64.2 percent of people used to spend leadership of PM Modi, instructions were given
out of pocket while in the year-2018-19 it remained 48.2
to move forward by taking doctors, scientists,
percent.
and technology together. PM Modi clearly said
n In the year-2013, 4,990 while in the year 2021, 12,259 organ that there will be no shortage of funds to deal
with Covid disease and to develop the vaccine,
transplants took place.
as a result of which India became one of the
few countries in the world which first prepared
the vaccine to prevent Covid. It was the result
of the visionary thinking of Prime Minister Modi
to save people from the seriousness of Corona
even in adverse circumstances that more than
220 crore doses of vaccine were administered,
and India also provided free vaccines to more
than 100 countries.

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