Vice President calls mandatory rural service for doctors before giving first promotion

Vice President calls mandatory rural service for doctors before giving first promotion

M Venkaiah Naidu today said that serving in rural areas should be made mandatory before giving the first promotion to doctors in the government sector. Speaking at the 11th Annual Medical Teachers’ Day Awards function here, the Vice President said that three-to-five years’ service in the rural areas for young doctors was essential while pointing out that 60 per cent of the country’s population lives in the villages.