The government’s concern for primary healthcare is intriguing since little is done to prioritize it. Not all primary care, especially in rural areas, can be delivered by an MBBS doctor, who is expensive to train and employ. Ideally, they should be trained for three to four years in primary care and employed in rural sub-centres under a primary health centre led by an MBBS doctor or something similar. But a BDS graduate who undergoes the bridge course will be on par with an MBBS doctor. If they are only given positions currently offered to MBBS doctors, they would have to largely forfeit the role of a dentist.

Source: The Telegraph June 10, 2019 12:22 UTC