‘Minister to sign MoU with CM for super speciality centres at medical colleges’

AGRA: UP medical education minister Ashutosh Tandon on Sunday promised upgrade of healthcare facilities and academic standards in medical colleges of the state.

Tandon was in Agra and visited the location for the super speciality facility, which would be added to the SN Medical College (SNMC) here.

“The super speciality centre, which would come up in two to three years, would be a five-storey building having 200 beds. The ICCU would have 45 beds,” stated Tandon.

He said union health minister JP Nadda would be in Lucknow on February 20 to sign an MoU with chief minister Yogi Adityanath for super speciality centres at medical colleges in the state.

“The super speciality centre would be a Rs 200-crore project and 80% of the amount (Rs 160 crore) would be provided by the central government while the remaining would be financed by the state,” he added. “Our aim is to enhance facilities at government medical colleges and elaborate plans have been drafted for the same. We have deployed senior professors for inspecting medical colleges and institutions and they would submit a report for bringing in such changes,” he claimed.

“For transparency, medical colleges will be equipped with e-hospital mechanism that will have online information about stock of medicines, equipment and accessories required at medical colleges. Reports, prescriptions and mobile numbers of caretakers would be uploaded on the system,” he added.