**Summary:**
On July 31, 2025, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, addressed the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS Deoghar in Jharkhand. The President emphasized the importance of primary healthcare as the foundation of universal health coverage and urged AIIMS Deoghar to actively support and guide primary healthcare initiatives. She encouraged the doctors and students of AIIMS Deoghar to assist Urban Primary Health Centres and Rural Community Health Centres. The President also advised graduating students to prioritize inclusive healthcare, develop strong clinical acumen alongside sensitive communication skills, and to be empathetic in their interactions with patients.
Furthermore, the President highlighted the government's efforts to reduce out-of-pocket health expenditures and emphasized the institutional and individual roles of AIIMS Deoghar and its doctors in this national endeavor. She encouraged AIIMS Deoghar stakeholders to identify relevant Sustainable Development Goals related to health and medicine, assess India and Jharkhand's progress towards these goals, and determine how the institute can contribute to achieving the remaining targets at both state and national levels. The President positioned AIIMS institutions as crucial in achieving ambitious national healthcare goals and as agents of change in the healthcare ecosystem, tasked with providing world-class, affordable specialist medical care and eliminating inequality in healthcare services.
Key Entities Referenced
President of India: The Head of State of India, currently Smt Droupadi Murmu.
Smt Droupadi Murmu: The current President of India.
AIIMS, Deoghar: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, an institute of national importance in the field of medical education and research.
Deoghar, Jharkhand: The city and state in India where the AIIMS campus is located.
Urban Primary Health Centres: Healthcare facilities in urban areas focused on providing primary healthcare services.
Rural Community Health Centres: Healthcare facilities in rural areas focused on providing primary healthcare services.
Sustainable Development Goals: A collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all".
Jharkhand: A state in eastern India.
President's Secretariat
President of India graces convocation ceremony of
AIIMS, Deoghar
Posted On: 31 JUL 2025 4:59PM by PIB Delhi
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, graced the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS, Deoghar at
Deoghar, Jharkhand today (July 31, 2025).
Speaking on the occasion, the President stated that although AIIMS, Deoghar, primarily focuses on tertiary
healthcare, it should also actively provide guidance and support in the field of primary healthcare. She
emphasised that primary care is the basis of universal health coverage. She said that the team of doctors and
students from AIIMS Deoghar should visit Urban Primary Health Centres and Rural Community Health
Centres to assist. She urged doctors to make inclusive healthcare their principle at the personal level as well.
The President told the graduating students that getting an education at AIIMS is considered a guarantee that
they have become skilled doctors. She advised them to become a good doctor, along with being a competent
and skilled doctor. She said that a good doctor should develop a sharp clinical sense as well as sensitive
communication skills. We have all seen that there are some doctors after consulting with whom the patient
and his family feel better. She urged doctors to be completely clinical in their diagnosis or surgery, but not be
clinical in their behaviour. Be sympathetic in behaviour and give advice with sympathy.
The President said that at the national level, the government is making an effort to minimise the pressure of
out-of-pocket expenditure on people related to health. In this national effort, institutions like AIIMS Deoghar
and doctors have an institutional role as well as an individual role. She advised all stakeholders of AIIMS
Deoghar to together make a list of Sustainable Development Goals related to health and medicine. She said
that they should find out the status of India and Jharkhand in achieving those goals. Some goals have been
achieved at the national and state levels. They can decide how this institute can contribute to achieving the
remaining goals at the state and national levels.
The President said that our country has to achieve many ambitious goals in the field of healthcare. AIIMS
institutions will play a very important role in achieving these national goals. Medical institutions like AIIMS
Deoghar, which have been established to eliminate inequality in healthcare services, are like beacons
spreading light in the darkness. They not only have to provide world-class specialist medical care at low cost,
but also have to play the role of change-agents of the healthcare ecosystem.
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