By Suryagni Roy, Anirban Sinha Roy: Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has taken a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the Trinamool Congrss (TMC) supremo proposed the introduction of a diploma course in medicine. The proposal by Mamata Banerjee is aimed at combating a “shortfall” of doctors in hospitals in the state.
Slamming the chief minister, Dilip Ghosh said,”Mamata Banerjee’s mental condition is not stable. The CM says that nurses can be ready to provide professional services in seven days and doctors in two years. If this is so easy, why are students studying in countries like Ukraine, Poland, Russia? They can study in her school.”
“Why are people spending millions of dollars on Ukraine, Russia and Poland only to enroll children? She just keeps lying,” Ghosh said, hitting out at Mamata Banerjee.
He further stated that the state government was not able to tackle the influx of students who came from Ukraine.
“She could not tackle the students who came back from Ukraine during the crisis. She should give details on how many students are admitted in colleges here, “said Ghosh.
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MAMATA ASKS STATE SECY TO LOOK INTO LEGAL ASPECTS
On Thursday, Mamata Banerjee asked state health secretary to look into the legal aspects of starting a such a diploma course on the lines of engineering courses to train more doctors for primary healthcare units.
Banerjee, who is also the health minister, said the regular MBBS course takes at least five years for one to be a medical graduate, and asserted that the diploma course “would address the shortfall of doctors”.
“We get doctors after a training period of five years which is a long time. In all these years, they have to study hard and sit for examinations. Besides, we utilise them as junior doctors across different hospitals while they are still studying.
“Since there has been an increase in the number of seats, hospitals and patients, we can think about developing a diploma course as well. These doctors could be employed at primary healthcare units,” she said.
(With PTI inputs)
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