JAMMU, Feb. 15 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah, on Friday, strongly emphasised upon strengthening healthcare sector in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing "Medicon-25", a medical conference held here, Omar said, "We have to try and ensure that our doctors simply don't practice in cities. I know this is not a popular thing for me to say here but at the end of the day rural areas do deserve some amount of healthcare and medicines."

The CM said that to ensure healthcare in rural areas, young doctors have to contribute their bit because they have lesser responsibilities compared to senior doctors.

Omar candidly stated that the healthcare in peripheral areas were not up to the standards.

"Dr Ashutosh Gupta (principal GMC Jammu...