With the intention to swell cheap health care in rustic regions, President Mrs. Pratibha Patil urged the medical community including colleges and health experts to evolve methods to serve rural communities where medical facilities are inadequate and not easily accessible.

While inaugurating the Fertility centre at the DY Patil University at Mumbai, she said, “I would call on all medical institutions and doctors to see how they can serve rural communities. About 75 per cent of our medical facilities are located in urban centres.”

But for 70 percent of the nation’s populace that resided in rural areas, medical facilities are often limited, Mrs. Patil said.

“The Government of India has schemes like the National Rural Health Mission. Its success depends on the willingness of the health professionals to contribute to this endeavour,” Patil said.

She also mentioned that despite medical colleges producing 31,000 graduates annually, the doctor to patient ratio in India, particularly in rustic India, is hapless as compared to international standards.

To let students to be aware of the significance of community health, particularly in rural segments, medical colleges should send them to villages during their internship for training, she said.

"The students can also help to create health workers in the villages by giving villagers training on basic medical skills and first aid treatment," the President added.

The medical system also required to be equal with advancements in bio-medical sciences and should incorporate the newest diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, Mrs Patil also said.