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Madhya Pradesh to Outsource Medical College Dialysis Under PPP Model
Madhya Pradesh plans to let private partners run dialysis services at government medical college hospitals.
This arrangement is called a public-private partnership, or PPP.
Dialysis helps people whose kidneys cannot properly clean their blood.
Patients classified as Below Poverty Line will receive the treatment for free.
Other patients will pay Rs 200 per session.
The government will provide doctors and space in the hospitals.
Private partners will manage the haemodialysis service.
Dialysis services have already been outsourced in district hospitals.
There are currently 71 dialysis centres operating at the district level.
Madhya Pradesh will outsource haemodialysis services at hospitals attached to government medical colleges.
The services will operate under a public-private partnership, or PPP, model.
Below Poverty Line patients will continue receiving dialysis free of cost.
General patients will pay Rs 200 per dialysis session.
The government will provide doctors and space, while private partners operate the service.
- Who
- The Madhya Pradesh health department, government medical colleges, private partners, and dialysis patients.
- What
- Haemodialysis services at hospitals attached to government medical colleges will be outsourced under a PPP model.
- Where
- Hospitals attached to government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh; district hospitals already have outsourced services.
- When
- Why
Key facts
- Policy
- Haemodialysis services at government medical college hospitals will be outsourced under the PPP model.
- BPL patients
- Dialysis will be provided free of cost.
- General patients
- Each dialysis session will cost Rs 200.
- Government contribution
- The government will provide doctors and hospital space.
- District services
- Dialysis services are already outsourced in district hospitals.
- District centres
- There are currently 71 functional dialysis centres at the district level.
- Current capacity
- Gandhi Medical College had eight dialysis machines and received four of eight additional machines requested.
Quotes
Dr Himanshu Sharma
Professor of nephrology at Gandhi Medical College
“The entire haemodialysis service will be outsourced on PPP mode. All the modalities will be same as it is in practice. BPL families will be given this service free of cost while general patients will have to pay Rs 200. The government will provide doctors and space in medical colleges’ hospitals.”
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“Haemodialysis services will be outsourced in hospitals attached to government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh.”
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