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New Delhi: In order to combat the shortage of doctors in rural areas, the government has come up with a unique three-and-a-half-year bachelor course in medicine and surgery (MBBS) for students from villages. The catch is these doctors will not be allowed practise in urban or semi-urban areas.

Once the rural doctors get their degrees, they will be allowed to practise only in notified rural areas. To...