New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- India is working to achieve the World Health Organization's recommended doctor-patient ratio of 1:1000, Dr. Abhijat Chandrakant Sheth, Chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC), said today.
Speaking at the 11th convocation ceremony of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences (ABVIMS) and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here, he outlined plans to establish a balanced undergraduate-to-postgraduate (UG:PG) ratio of 1:1, aimed at elevating India's healthcare system to international standards.
Dr. Sheth stressed that competency-based education must be bolstered through integration of skill-based, virtual, and physical learning methodologies and encouraged students to remain lifelong learners.
"Prior...