Bonanza for Hyderabad govt. hospitals

November 05, 2014 10:50 pm | Updated July 05, 2016 02:22 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

For the first time, substantial budgetary provisions have been made for the government hospitals in Hyderabad. A sum of Rs. 100 crore each has been earmarked for the Gandhi and Osmania hospitals. or strengthening the Maternity Hospitals at Peblaburj and Sultan Bazaar, Rs. 50 crore has been proposed while for Niloufer and King Kothi hospitals were allocated Rs. 30 crore and Rs. 25 crore respectively.

The government has proposed a budgetary hike of Rs. 2282.86 crore for the year 2014-15 to ‘revive and strengthen’ the public health care. In the vote on account budget of the combined state, a provision of Rs. 1277.39 crore was made for Telangana. The government also announced its decision to set up a Health University at Warangal.

“Government viewed expenditure on health care as an investment in human development as it resulted in lasting benefits”, said Finance Minister Eatala Rajender, while presenting the budget.

In the old Hyderabad state, health care was provided either free of cost or at minimum cost to all sections of the society. The neglect and inadequate funding of government hospitals led to the private sector gaining prominence, resulting in high cost of health care. “Years of neglect cannot be set right overnight. But the government is committed to the revival of public health systems and make it affordable to the common man”, Mr. Rajender said.

He said efforts were on to upgrade district hospitals into super speciality hospitals. For this, Rs. 42 crore has been proposed for as many hospitals at the rate of Rs. 1 crore each. This apart, an amount of Rs. 40 crore has been allocated for strengthening of eye, mental, chest and ENT hospitals. A sum of Rs. 152 crore was provided for medical college buildings.

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