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District resident programme – opportunities or malapropos

District resident programme shortly known as DRP, is a training programme introduce by National Medical Council in 2020 for post graduate students pursuing MD/MS degree from medical colleges of all type (government/private/deemed). Programme is introduced with the objective to familiarize with the health care services provided by District health system and to learn about planning, implementation, monitoring and assessment of the outcomes of the National Health programmes in district level. For the purpose of this programme, a district hospital shall be a functional public sector/government-funded hospital of not less than 50 beds with facilities/staff for the designated specialties at that level/facility