“Enough is enough,” thundered Dr. Sushila Nayar, her voice slicing through the hall. “No more free PG seats for MGIMS boys and girls. If they want a PG, they must first serve two years in the villages.” She meant it. In 1969, Dr. Sushila Nayar had built MGIMS on a dream: to raise doctors who …
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Getting doctors to the villages: Will compulsion work?
Despite more than a half century of proclamations on primary healthcare, most rural facilities in India continue to lack enough providers, equipment and infrastructure to offer effective and efficient care. In the latest effort to address this inequitable distribution the union health and family welfare minister announced a plan requiring doctors to practise in rural …