Develop medical colleges through PPP mode to provide corporate hospital-like facilities to poor: CM Naidu to officials

Amaravati: Unfazed by the Opposition’s criticism, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu directed the officials to develop medical colleges through the PPP mode in a bid to provide corporate hospital-like facilities to poor.

He said there will be no compromise on providing better healthcare and medical education to the poor. He noted that the PPP mode of development is being implemented throughout the country.

The Chief Minister was reviewing the medical and health sector at the secretariat. The officials informed the Chief Minister about the central government’s guidelines on developing medical colleges through the PPP mode.

They said that the central government introduced the viability gap fund to be extended by both the central and state governments, giving priority to the social health sector. They said medical colleges and hospitals are being developed through the PPP mode in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh states so far.

The Chief Minister directed the officials to go ahead with developing medical colleges and hospitals under the PPP mode as per the central government guidelines. The officials informed the Chief Minister that tenders were called for Adoni, Madanapalli, Pulivendula, and Markapuram medical colleges, and six national and international agencies participated in a pre-bid meeting conducted on October 6. The Chief Minister advised the officials to sign an MoU with the agency that came forward to develop Adoni Medical College and speed up the tender process for other colleges also.

The Chief Minister also reviewed the Sanjeevani pilot project grounded in Kuppam. He asked the officials to extend the project to the entire Chittoor district and update the digital health records of people.