Summary
The number of medical colleges almost doubled, giving more students places to study.
New nursing colleges will graduate thousands of nurses each year for remote areas.
Online health tools let people in far places talk to doctors by video.
Key Points
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Medical colleges increased from 387 to 858.
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Basic medical degree seats grew from 51,348 to 142,464.
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Postgraduate degree seats grew from 31,185 to 86,287.
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Target to add 10,000 more postgraduate seats by 2028‑29.
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157 new nursing colleges will produce about 15,700 nurses annually.
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Goal to train 100,000 allied health professionals in five years.
New Words to Learn
13 wordsequitable
fair for everyone
specialised
focused on a particular kind of health care
postgraduate
studies after finishing a basic medical degree
allied health
jobs that help doctors, like therapists and lab workers
teleconsultation
talking to a doctor over a video call
remuneration
pay for work
demographic
information about people like age and where they live
epidemiological
studying how illnesses spread
palliative
care that helps people feel comfortable when they are very sick
multidisciplinary
involving many different kinds of experts
digital health record system
online way to keep medical information
online doctor video service
website where you can see a doctor on screen
World Health Organization
global group that works on health for all countries
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