The Hindu Bureau
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday announced that her government will complete all unfinished hospital projects of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and transform Delhi into a global medical hub by leveraging the public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Ms. Gupta’s remarks came while inaugurating an SSB Multi-Speciality Hospital in Kailash Colony in South Delhi.
“Many hospitals initiated by the previous government were left incomplete or are under-resourced. We are now bringing all such hospitals under the PPP model to ensure their full-scale functioning,” she said.
Ms. Gupta said the government aims to attract patients from across India and abroad by boosting healthcare infrastructure in the Capital. Referring to a World Health Organization report, she noted that India has less than one hospital bed per 1,000 people, a challenge that, according to her, “can be addressed if the government and private sector work in tandem in a focused manner”.
