The 12th Five Year Plan will enhance spending on health up to three times Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday. He also noted that more medical and nursing colleges were needed to overcome a shortage of trained human resources in the sector. Speaking at the foundation stone laying of the Lady Hardinge Medical College project here the prime minister also said that health indicators reflected a country's overall well-being. ’ Recognizing the need to provide for the complex challenges in the health sector the allocation for health has been enhanced three times in the 12th Plan as compared with the 11th
