Delhi Budget: No new projects in health sector
The plans and proposals cited for the health sector in budget can largely be described as old wine in a new bottle.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: The plans and proposals cited for the health sector by the Delhi government in its budget can largely be described as old wine in a new bottle. While no new projects have been announced this year, the outlay for the sector has seen a marginal increase — to Rs 1,243 crore from last year’s Rs 1,019 crore.
This year’s highlights include completion of the 500-bed ward block at GTB Hospital in Shahdara, construction of orthopaedic block at Lok Nayak Hospital, increase in bed capacity of GB Pant Hospital from 200 to 700 by September , construction of Phase II of the Institute of Liver and Billary Sciences , and a s u p e r- s p e - ciality hospital for liver and related diseases. These projects had been mentioned in the last budget and even the year preceding that.
The budget announces three 200-bedded hospitals at Vikaspuri, Burari and Ambedkar Nagar and a 750-bedded hospital at Dwarka in public-private partnership (PPP) mode’ ’ besides the plan to start indoor services at Delhi State Cancer Institute in two months.
Notably, health minister Kiran Walia’s plan to facilitate best-deal health insurance schemes through private agencies finds no mention in the budget. Also, there is no update on the upgrade of existing CATS ambulance fleet.
This year’s highlights include completion of the 500-bed ward block at GTB Hospital in Shahdara, construction of orthopaedic block at Lok Nayak Hospital, increase in bed capacity of GB Pant Hospital from 200 to 700 by September , construction of Phase II of the Institute of Liver and Billary Sciences , and a s u p e r- s p e - ciality hospital for liver and related diseases. These projects had been mentioned in the last budget and even the year preceding that.
The budget announces three 200-bedded hospitals at Vikaspuri, Burari and Ambedkar Nagar and a 750-bedded hospital at Dwarka in public-private partnership (PPP) mode’ ’ besides the plan to start indoor services at Delhi State Cancer Institute in two months.
Notably, health minister Kiran Walia’s plan to facilitate best-deal health insurance schemes through private agencies finds no mention in the budget. Also, there is no update on the upgrade of existing CATS ambulance fleet.
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