Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said that 33 per cent of each of the 150 MBBS seats and 850 beds should be reserved for students and residents of Haryana at the under-construction Shri Sheetla Mata Devi Medical College and Hospital in Gurugram. He said that the fee for the reserved seats should be fixed in line with other government medical colleges so that students of the state could access affordable and accessible medical education.
The Cabinet Sub-Committee convened regarding the operation and maintenance of this project under the PPP model was held which was attended by Industry and Commerce Minister Rao Narbir Singh; Heritage and Tourism Minister Arvind Sharma; Family Welfare and Medical Education Minister Arti Singh Rao, along with other senior officials.
Saini said the benefits under the PM Ayushman Bharat Scheme must be extended to the patients on the reserved beds in the hospital so that economically weaker sections can avail themselves of quality healthcare services.
The under-construction hospital is expected to provide a new identity to healthcare services in Gurugram, he said.
The Additional Chief Secretary of the Medical Education and Research Department, Sumita Misra, said the institute is being developed on 30.75 acres of land in Sector-102A, KherkiMajra, Gurugram.
The construction work on the project began on April 1, 2022, and the target is to complete it by August of this year.
According to official figures, a total of Rs 679.08 crore has been sanctioned for the project, of which about Rs 500 crore has already been spent on construction.
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