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At home: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam being received by a girl at Hotel Mayfair in Bhubaneswar on Friday. — BHUBANESWAR: Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday said effort should be made to develop medical infrastructure using indigenous technology to lessen the burden on the public . Delivering the Foundation Day lecture at the L. V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a leading eye care group in Bhubaneswar, Dr. Kalam said most of the medical equipment were being imported that caused increase in the cost of medical treatment. “Patients are indirectly paying for it. Government should ensure production of indigenous medical equipment,” he said. Advocates eye testThe former president advocated that eye tests should be made compulsory in all schools and asked LVPEI to train school teachers as well as doctors in achieving the goal. “Defective less eye vision should be our national mission,” Dr. Kalam said. He emphasised on a greater technological intervention in the communication sector by which people living in rural pockets could get consultancies from specialist doctors. Dr. Kalam, the father of country’s missile programme, said India must sign Indo-US pact because the deal would ensure flow of uranium to nuclear reactors. He reasoned that the country had abundant thorium deposits but low reserve of uranium.
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