PATNA:Â Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubeyon Saturday assured the doctors that the proposed Medical Professional Protection Act is in final stage and it would be moved in the state assembly in its next session.
Addressing the inaugural session of 41st foundation day of Nalanda Medical College (NMC) on the college premises, Choubey said the proposed act was to be introduced in the recently-concluded budget session of the state assembly. “But it could not be moved in the house as it was still in the drafting stage ,” he said.
The dynamic assured career progression (DACP) scheme for the medical professionals would soon be presented before the state cabinet for its approval, the health minister said.
The minister, however, urged the doctors to adopt a village and make it healthy. The doctors present on the occasion clapped and promised the minister to fulfil his wish. The minister asked NMC principal Dr Geeta Singh to take steps in this regard.
Choubey also assured to fulfil the demands of the college, which included an auditorium, hostels for boys and girls, increase in number of buses to ferry the medical students from the medical college to the hospital.
Earlier, welcoming the guests, NMC principal Dr Geeta Singh placed the demands of the college before the health minister. She stressed the need for construction of hostels for boys and girls as the number of seats in the college had increased. She also demanded construction of an auditorium, an additional lecture hall and increase in number of buses for the students. Others who spoke on the occasion included principal secretary, health, Amarjeet Sinha.