Siddharthnagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated nine medical colleges in the Siddharthnagar district on Monday.  Nine medical colleges inaugurated are situated in the districts of Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh.  Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Jaunpur.

After the inauguration PM Narendra Modi said, "Earlier, Purvanchal's image was ruined by previous governments, it was defamed because of 'dimagi' fever... The same region will now infuse new hopes... people of Uttar Pradesh can't forget how Yogiji had highlighted about UPs poor medical system in Parliament, despite not being a CM". 

"Has it ever happened before that 9 colleges were inaugurated?... It's reason is political priorities... Previous governments were only filling their family lockers and earning for themselves. But our priority is to save poor's money and provide them facilities, " PM Modi said. 

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"By opening these new 9 medical colleges over 2500 new beds are added, over 5000 employment opportunities will be generated. Earlier government has left people of 'Purvanchal' to suffer from diseases but now it will become a medical hub of Northern India..."

Eight Medical Colleges have been sanctioned under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for “Establishment of new medical colleges attached with district/ referral hospitals” and one Medical College at Jaunpur has been made functional by the State Government through its own resources.

Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, preference is given to underserved, backward and aspirational districts. The Scheme aims to increase the availability of health professionals, correct the existing geographical imbalance in the distribution of medical colleges and effectively utilize the existing infrastructure of district hospitals. Under three phases of the Scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved across the nation, out of which 63 medical colleges are already functional.