During the struggle to free Bharat from the clutches of British colonialism, Gujarat was in the forefront to lead the fight for independence, gifting India leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Mahadev Desai, Kaka Kalalkar and many more.
Today Gujarat is leading State when it comes to industry, petro-chemicals and Surat is the diamond capital of the world where 90% diamonds are polished, overtaking Amsterdam that controlled diamond trade for a long time, mainly by Jews who are renowned diamond merchants.
Now Gujarat’s CM Vijay Rupani has vowed to make Gujarat centre for medical excellence where Westerners can come for first class medical treatment. Gujarat already boasts some of the best qualified surgeons and consultants in India, leading the field in heart, eye and dental treatment, although Gujarat is far behind Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi, as these cities have stolen march on Gujarat by few decades.
Besides Western medicine, Gujarat also wants to put Ayurvedic treatment on the world map and the opening of 400 bed Ayurvedic teaching hospital near Gandhinagar is the first step, the second step should be to persuade Baba Ramdevji to move some of his manufacturing facilities to Gujarat, using the same skill and determination as then CM Modi used to persuade Tata to manufacture their newest and cheapest Nano cars in Gujarat.
There is already long established Ayurvedic Medical College in Jamnagar. Ancient Gujarat was famous for its universities, like Valabhi but we may be more familiar with Sandipani, near Porbander, where Lord Krishna was educated and formed lifelong friendship with Sudama, friendship between Prince and Pauper! It is time for Gujarat to re-establish and lead India in medical care as well.
Kumudini Valambia
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