The Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that not recognizing the need for trained medical human resources in rural areas and unwillingness to consider new ideas for addressing it will not help the situation.<br/><br/>Speaking at a workshop in New Delhi today , he said a community based solution to the public health in rural areas is being discussed for the first time. He allayed the fears that the Course will compromise the quality of rural health care. <br/><br/>The minister said the proposal envisages training persons from rural areas on the basis of merit to equip him or her to work in Primary Health Centres. Mr Azad emphasised the importance of quality in medical education and value of trained medical doctors in rural areas. <br/><br/>Health secretary, Ms K. Sujatha Rao also underlined the need for having a cadre of trained medical human resource to take care of the requirements of the rural people. She said that time has come for a paradigm shift to align curriculum, numbers and needs in the medical education and the proposed course is a step in that direction.