Overview
- At the Ahmedabad ceremony, Amit Shah asked Ketan Desai and new IMA chief Anil J Nayak to form a team to draft updated ethics and propose their inclusion in curricula.
- Shah highlighted financing figures, citing a Rs 1.65 lakh crore allocation for health infrastructure and a rise in the Centre’s health budget from Rs 37,000 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 1.28 lakh crore.
- He urged the medical community to support Ayushman Bharat and generic-medicine outlets, while attributing reported gains to government schemes.
- Shah’s cited outcomes included official claims of a 97% reduction in malaria cases, dengue mortality at 1%, and a 25% decline in maternal mortality.
- Anil J Nayak took oath as IMA National President at a three-day conference of about 5,000 doctors, where a book titled ‘100 Steps for a Healthy Life’ was released and a world record certificate presented.