New medical colleges, intensive care hospitals will be set up in the state through public-private investment. 
The decision to enhance medical facilities by setting up new medical colleges and intensive care hospitals in the state through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) was taken at a cabinet meeting held here today. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
This policy will be implemented through a pilot project with the help of the International Monetary Fund (IFC).
The industry department’s package scheme of incentives can also be implemented for this scheme as an incentive to attract projects in remote areas. An empowered committee chaired by the Chief Secretary will examine and approve these provisions. This will lead to an increase of 1000 postgraduate (MD / MS / DNB) posts in postgraduate education in 3 years (350 in the new government medical college and 650 in the existing government medical college). There will also be an increase of 2600 MBBS student seats per year in degree education in 10 years (1800 MBBS students from the new government medical college and 800 from the existing government medical college).
There will also be an increase of Rs 1 crore in the outpatient department and Rs 10 lakh in the inpatient department every year. With an additional 2,500 major surgeries per year, each medical college will be able to provide 500,000 outpatient services per year and inpatient services to 50,000 patients. From 2026, 200 additional intensive care units will be created every year and will be able to provide about 300,000 outpatients and about 75,000 inpatients per year. The establishment of new medical colleges and intensive care hospitals through public-private investment will create skilled and unskilled employees in small towns.
Health facilities are provided in the state through Public Health Department, Medical Education Department, Municipal Corporation and Municipalities. However, due to the fact that most parts of the state are rural, the people there and the small towns lack quality and affordable medical facilities. At present, in most of the districts, district hospitals of public health services or hospitals of medical education department are working to provide health services.
However, due to the current shortage of doctors in the state, most of the posts of doctors in the medical education department and public health department are vacant. As a result, people in semi-urban, rural, remote and ultra-remote areas of the state have very limited access to basic health facilities. It is also necessary to provide tertiary care for many chronic, hereditary and chronic diseases. Similarly, in view of the continuous population growth, it is imperative to increase the number of doctors from the point of view of public health in the state and for this, it is necessary to set up new government medical colleges in the state.
Accordingly, a source of funds will be made available for the construction of a new Government Medical College through Public-Private Partnership (PPP). This will increase the facilities for intensive care, health care, undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Postgraduate teaching in existing government medical colleges will be further strengthened and skilled expert manpower will be created. Paramedics and nursing colleges will be established and trained paramedics and nurses will be created.
The viability difference fund (VGF) will be financed by the central government through commercially viable PPP. A balanced agreement will be drafted to protect the interests of patients/staff, to ensure a fair return on private partner investment. An independent body (Authority / Corporation / similar body) will be set up to effectively achieve the objectives set by 2030 and implement the proposed policy.
Necessary changes have been made in the Model Concession Agreement and Model RFP developed by the Policy Commission to establish a medical college through the proposed Public-Private Partnership Policy (PPP) model and to create and increase the facilities of the speciality hospital.
Accordingly, the proposed PFI and PPP model will be drafted and implemented to establish new Government Medical Colleges and increase the student admission capacity of the existing Government Medical Colleges as well as to create and specialize in hypertensive hospital facilities.
