Medical College to be Attached to District Hospitals: Finance Minister

February 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that all district hospitals will now have a medical college attached to it in PPP mode. The step was taken to tackle the problem of shortage of doctors in the country. These will be set up in 112 aspirational districts, said Sitharaman while presenting the union budget 2020-21.

She also added that large hospitals with enough capacity would be able to offer courses — DNB, SNB for resident doctors under the board of examinations. “Depending on the capacity of the hospitals, the courses can be offered on the board,” she said.

“Viability gap funding window to be set up to cover hospitals, with priority given to aspirational districts that don’t have hospitals empanelled under Ayushman Bharat scheme,” said the FM.