Haryana: New Medical colleges, hospitals to come up with allocated Budget of 8925.52 crores

New Delhi: New Medical Colleges are going to come up in the state of Haryana at a cost of 8925.52 crore, the Haryana CM recently informed the assembly.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the Finance portfolio on Tuesday presented the State Budget of Rs 1.77 lakh crore for 2022-23 against the Rs 1.53 lakh crore Budget in 2021-22.

Several allotments were made across various sectors with stress on education, especially medical education 

Rs 8925.52 crores has been allocated to the health and medical education sector in the Budget for FY 2022-23. The Government is establishing new medical colleges in Mahendragarh, Bhiwani, Jind, and Gurugram districts and a dental college in Shahid 31 Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, at a cost of ₹ 2,600 crore which is likely to be completed in the next two years commencing 2022-23.

The Government will open Medical Colleges in Palwal, Charkhi Dadri, Panchkula, and Fatehabad districts – the four districts without a medical college.

Manohar said in his budget speech, "Almost five years ago, I stated the goal that there should be a Medical College in every district to meet the manpower resources needs in the health sector. I am happy that the people of the State have blessed me to work towards the fulfillment of this goal."

Besides this, the Government aims to set up Nursing Colleges in Faridabad, Rewari, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, and Panchkula districts. Construction is underway at a cost of ₹ 194.30 crores and is likely to be completed in the next three months.

"There is a need to promote joint research in allopathy and AYUSH forms of treatment for each area to understand the other. I hope to establish the Haryana Health Sciences Synthesis and Research Centre in one of the medical colleges in the State in 2022-23. The Government will provide funding for the establishment of the Centre," he added.

Besides, several allotments have also been made to the education sector. Rs 20,250.57 crores has been allocated to the education sector in the Budget for FY 2022-23. To provide safe transportation facilities for students in educational institutions, the government proposes to start a scheme - SATHI (Safe & Accessible Transport: Haryana Initiative) to provide transportation to every child, especially every girl child who wishes to commute for educational purposes. This facility will be provided to all girl children studying in government institutions including senior secondary schools, colleges, Industrial Training Institutes, polytechnics, medical, para-medical, and nursing institutions.

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