Six ‘Dhanwantri Mega Health Parks’ To be Set Up in UP
The state will become self-sufficient by expanding the medical facilities and increasing the production of health and surgical instruments and medicines
Lucknow: Yogi government has set in motion processes to further improve and develop the health infrastructure in the state. The government has also fulfilled its promise of a government medical college with state-of-the-art facilities in every district of the state.
According to a government spokesperson, the state will soon set up six Dhanwantri Mega Health Parks with an investment of about Rs 30,000 crore.
These Mega Health Parks will make the state self-reliant by enhancing big time the production of health and medical facilities like surgical instruments and medicines. Along with this, under the Maharishi Sushruta Health Infrastructure Mission, health infrastructure will also be improved for a better health system at every level at a cost of more than Rs 10,000 crore in the state.
And other than doubling the number of seats for medical courses in the state, more than 6,000 doctors and 10,000 paramedical staff will be appointed in various healthcare facilities across the state. Along with this, doubling the number of ambulances equipped with state-of-the-art life support facilities in Uttar Pradesh, dialysis centres in every district, expanding the network of Jan Aushadhi Kendra, making UP a TB-free state by 2025 and availability of affordable essential medicines will be ensured.