Lucknow, March 22 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that there is a high demand for Indian nursing professionals across the globe.
Addressing a function to distribute job letters to 1,228 nursing professionals, including 131 males, at the Lok Bhavan here, Adityanath said, "Recently, I went to Japan, where there is a high demand for Indian nursing professionals. The same is the case in Germany and Korea. If you go to European countries, there is a feeling among people that Indian nursing professionals will do good work."
The chief minister also said that before 2017, Uttar Pradesh was in a poor condition.
"From 1947 to 2017, there were only 17 government medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh. If we include the private sector, the total was 40. Today, the number of government-run medical colleges has surpassed that of the private sector. The total count has risen to 81 in just nine years," Adityanath said.
The chief minister also claimed that the mindset under which a "parallel government" run by the mafia operated in the state has now been dispelled.
"Previously, every district had its own mafia network, and the government departments were no different. Mafias dictated them. From there, we have moved towards a policy of 'one district, one medical college', establishing one such institute in every district," he said.
The chief minister also said that to encourage more women to take up nursing in different parts of the country, modules should be created that impart knowledge in regional languages, such as Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, or Bangla.
"Institutions like the King George Medical University, the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, and the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences have established simulation labs within their premises. Through these facilities, they are working to ensure that students become proficient not merely in theoretical knowledge, but in practical skills as well," Adityanath said.