India, Jan. 21 -- Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel called on young doctors to balance scientific competence with compassion, empathy and humility.

In her address at the 14th convocation of JIPMER, Patel also said that under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, health care had been brought to the centre of the national policy making with a strong focus on accessibility, affordability and inclusiveness.

Transformational changes in India's health care sector, the Union Minister listed the flagship initiativeshe national dialysis programme and the broader emphasis on universal health coverage.

She reaffirmed the central Government's commitment to the expansion of JIPMER and its modernisation to meet emerg...