Lucknow grabs major slice of medical education budget
TNN | Feb 8, 2019, 07:24 IST
UP CM Yogi Adiyanath and finance minister Rajesh Agarwal present the up budget 2019 at Vidhan Sabha.LUCKNOW: The capital city grabbed the lion’s share of state’s medical education budget with 66% funds provided under the medical education department going to Lucknow-based medical facilities. This includes a new medical university named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with a budgetary provision of Rs 50 crore.
Another Rs 2,480 crore will be allocated for city-based medical facilities, including King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) and Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS), of the total allocation of Rs 3,755 crore for new schemes.
Being the biggest beneficiary, KGMU has been assigned Rs 907 crore for various works, including an epidemic laboratory network, treatment of incurable diseases and free treatment of poor.
An additional Rs 25 crore will be provided for proposed setting up a satellite centre of KGMU at Balrampur district.
Free treatment for poor at SGPGI
KGMU vice-chancellor Prof MLB Bhatt said, “The budget will allow us to procure equipment, medicines and build a contingency fund. It will help in maintenance of infrastructure, upkeep of facilities and patient services.”
Poor patients who come for treatment at SGPGIMS will be treated for free, the centre of biomedical research will be developed and facilities at trauma centre will be upgraded with an allocation of Rs 854 crore.
A budgetary provision of Rs 396 crore for procurement of medical equipment and setting up of infrastructure at RMLIMS has also been made. There’s some cheer for patients awaiting treatment at Super Specialty Cancer Institute, with Rs 248 crore allocated for expansion of the institute. Also, Rs 908 crore has been provided in the budget under a scheme to upgrade district hospitals into medical colleges.
Another Rs 2,480 crore will be allocated for city-based medical facilities, including King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) and Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS), of the total allocation of Rs 3,755 crore for new schemes.
Being the biggest beneficiary, KGMU has been assigned Rs 907 crore for various works, including an epidemic laboratory network, treatment of incurable diseases and free treatment of poor.
An additional Rs 25 crore will be provided for proposed setting up a satellite centre of KGMU at Balrampur district.
Free treatment for poor at SGPGI
KGMU vice-chancellor Prof MLB Bhatt said, “The budget will allow us to procure equipment, medicines and build a contingency fund. It will help in maintenance of infrastructure, upkeep of facilities and patient services.”
Poor patients who come for treatment at SGPGIMS will be treated for free, the centre of biomedical research will be developed and facilities at trauma centre will be upgraded with an allocation of Rs 854 crore.
A budgetary provision of Rs 396 crore for procurement of medical equipment and setting up of infrastructure at RMLIMS has also been made. There’s some cheer for patients awaiting treatment at Super Specialty Cancer Institute, with Rs 248 crore allocated for expansion of the institute. Also, Rs 908 crore has been provided in the budget under a scheme to upgrade district hospitals into medical colleges.
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