06-Mar; Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that making treatment affordable in the country has been the highest priority of the government. He said the focus is on the maximum use of technology in the health sector as the role of technology is continuously increasing in making healthcare affordable and accessible.Modi stated this while addressing the post-Budget webinar on Health and Medical Research. He said the Centre has not confined healthcare to the Health Ministry only, but has emphasized on the whole of the government approach.He informed that over 260 medical colleges have been opened in the past years while the number of medical seats has doubled after 2014. He added that the opening of 157 new nursing colleges near medical colleges is a big step for medical human resources.
