Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar calls for efforts to make medicines affordable
Covid-19 pandemic. Dhankhar said that our doctors, nurses and paramedical staff vindicated our civilizational ethos and came to our rescue even while risking their own lives.
Emphasizing the need to maintain high standards of professionalism in every field, Dhankar cautioned that “a slight dilution, slight commercialisation, a slight ethical deviation can be ruinous for those whom we seek to serve". The Vice President lauded the Ayushman Bharat program and said that the scheme has contributed hugely to the economy also.
In the absence of Ayushman Bharat, many families would have been fiscally ruined, he said. He advised students to pick a career path according to their aptitude and presented the Lifetime Achievement awards to former faculty members of AIIMS.
The convocation was attended by Mansukh Mandaviya, union health minister; S.P. Singh Baghel, minister of state (health), Prof.
M. Srinivas, director of AIIMS, New Delhi, among other officials and faculty members of AIIMS.
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