India, Aug. 10 -- Congressman Greg Murphy, a Republican from North Carolina, made a comment about H-1B visas that did not sit well with many. Murphy, who represents North Carolina's 3rd district, claimed that H-1B visas are crucial to address the country's medical needs.

The 62-year-old claimed that the medicine graduates of foreign origin are critical to the US's healthcare infrastructure in rural areas as, amid a shortage of physicians, they are the only one to treat patients in rural US.

"H1-B Visas are critical for helping alleviate the severe physician shortage this nation faces," Murphy, who is also a doctor, said in a post on X on Friday, August 8. "We cannot train enough American Doctors fast enough. We can't let lack of knowled...