Pointing out that ageing increases ones susceptibility to many diseases and conditions, the Vice President said that there was an urgent need to set up more Geriatric Departments in medical colleges across the country in view of the increasing population of the elderly
वाढत्या वयात आजारांची वाढणारी संख्या तसेच वृद्धांची वाढती संख्या लक्षात घेऊन  देशातल्या वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालयात वृद्धांसाठी अधिक कक्ष निर्माण करण्याची गरज त्यांनी व्यक्त केली