UP allows pvt sector entry into medical education
Deepa Jainani
Posted online: 2010-07-23 23:37:32+05:30
Lucknow
After trying to popularise the public private partnership (PPP)
concept in the infrastructure sector, the Mayawati government in Uttar
Pradesh has decided to take a step further and introduce PPP in the
social sector such as education.
In order to address the acute shortage of medical professionals in
Uttar Pradesh, especially in rural areas, the Mayawati government has
decided to establish five new medical colleges and two paramedical
colleges under the public private partnership (PPP).
According to sources in the medical education department, each of the
five medical colleges would have MBBS degree course for 100 students
every year while the two paramedical institutions would train students
as lab technicians, nursing and other in para medical streams as well.
The five medical colleges and associated hospitals that are to come up
under the PPP formula are Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Allopathic
Government Medical College in Kannauj, Manyawar Kanshi Ramji
Government Medical College, Orai in Jalaun district, Super Facility
Medical College and Hospital, Chakrapanpur in Azamgarh district, an
Allopathic Medical College in Saharanpur and Banda Medical College in
Banda.
The two paramedical institutes are Safai Institute of Paramedical
Science, Safai in Etawah district and Manyawar Kanshiram Paramedical
Sciences in Jhansi. While the Safai unit would have courses of nine
paramedical disciplines of 480 students every year, the Jhansi
institute will have ten paramedical disciplines of 600 students every
year.
"Private companies have been invited to participate in the bidding
process in which the developers will be given the responsibility of
developing, managing and running these medical colleges along with
associated hospitals and paramedical colleges on a profitable basis.
The last date for submitting the request for qualification (RFQ) is
July 31," said a source.
Stating the reason behind the project, the official said the health
sector is in dire need for professionals and there is a huge gap
between what is being churned out by the government and few private
medical colleges and the requirement of doctors and trained staff. "At
present, there is one doctor per 2,000 people in the state and most of
them do not want to be posted in rural areas. Hence, there are no
doctors, pathologists, nurses or even anesthetists in the villages.
Even if we start churning out 500 doctors and 1,000 odd paramedics
every year, it will take us at least 20-odd years to bring the ratio
to one doctor per 1,000 people."
The government's effort to allow private sector into medical education
is a step in this direction. All these five medical colleges and two
paramedic colleges were originally planned to be built by the state
government itself, but they were left midway for various reasons.
"While some of the colleges have around 80% of the physical
infrastructure ready, others have only 20-30% ready. These properties,
along with 100 acre, will be handed over to the selected bidders to
start functioning as professional medical colleges," said the
official, adding that since the need for training medical professions
is severe, the government has decided to give the 100 acre as a
sweetener to woo private companies.
"This project has been designed against heavy odds. This is the reason
that the government has decided to allow the winning bidder to develop
the medical college in 25 acre, as per the Medical Council of India
(MCI) norms and allow them to set up any other educational facility or
even upgrade the college to a PG college or even a university later
on."
According to sources, the bidders would have to invest between 300-500
crore for each of the institutes, depending upon the kind of
government investment that has already gone into infrastructure.
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