Amravati, 24 September (IANS) Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday announced a public-private partnership (PPP) model to commission 10 medical colleges for rapid execution, high quality standards and comprehensive healthcare access.
The government claims that it will address long pending intervals in medical education and public health infrastructure across the state.
The government says that the new PPP initiative stopped investment and added 110 under-graduate medical seats for the students of Andhra Pradesh annually.
It was also claimed that the PPP model would save as a result of Rs. 3,700 crores in development costs and Rs. 500 crores annually in operational cost
According to an official note, 17 new medical colleges were first approved with an estimated investment of rupee. 8,480 crores but only Rs. 1,550.39 crore (18.2 percent) was spent for four years by June 2024, causing non-conducting and Rs. 6,152 crore unheard of, putting 15 years of perfection at the previous speed at risk.
The present government received Rs. After June 2024, to revive the work of Rs 786.82 crore and now PPP has been adopted to ensure complete completion and better service distribution from time to time.
Ten medical colleges will be developed and operated under PPP for speed, quality and state -wide access, the ongoing government efforts for the operation of sanctioned institutions will be supplemented.
Estimated savings of Rs. 3,700 crore in development costs and about Rs 500 crore per year in operation and maintenance through private sector efficiency and shared investment under PPP model.
The PPP seat-sharing pattern offers 75 convenor quota (general) seats per 150-seat college, which produces 11 additional state-Kota seats per college vs. East structures. A total of 110 additional seats will be available in 10 PPP colleges.
This will ensure free oddi for free OPD services, free diagnosis in OPD, and 70 percent beds under PMJay, NTRVST and CGHS rates; Payed services apply to 30 percent of IPD beds with market-by-market diagnosis for paid patients.
With opportunities for cooperation to reputed medical institutions to elevate academic and clinical standards, AI-managed diagnosis, integration of telemedicine and digital health records.
The model adopts the Siddha PPP practices used by states such as PPP-led expansion by states like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand to upgrade district hospital upgradation and new medical colleges as well as Premier Education Institutes (IIT Chennai, IIM Udaipur, IIIT Nagpur).
Andhra Pradesh has expanded 36 medical colleges with 4,046 UG seats from 2024-25, which is run by government and private sector participation in 1995-96 and more than 650 seats.
Despite this growth, delayed capital execution neutralized 11 approved colleges by June 2024, the need for course improvement through targeted funding and improving through a PPP -led distribution model to meet immediate demand and quality benchmark.
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