Govt to rope in pvt health players
PTI,
Panaji
20 August 2007
Goa Government is contemplating
to ink joint venture agreements with renowned healthcare institutions to augment
the ailing government healthcare system through Public Private Partnership (PPP).
"The
primary health centres and even Government run Goa Medical College needs better
facilities... We will join hands with private players who will provide the service..Government
will subsidise the service," Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane told reporters
at the state secretariat today.
"We want to turn Goa into healthcare
hub with the private participation where all the facilities would be available
at single point," he said.
"There are lot of problems in streamlining
the government healthcare services which are irreparable. You will see some primary
health centre buildings on the verge of collapse," the two-month old state
health minister said, admitting failures of the government to put them in place.
Rane
assuring complete transparency in the agreements, declared formation of a state
health advisory council, which will guide the state government in the PPP process.
"The
council will also form the state health policy, which will envisage all these
aspects," Rane said refusing to give any deadline for the policy. The PPP,
he added, will be mostly in the superspeciality sector.
The council, which
comprises reputed names from medical field like Dhirajlal Mehta (Mumbai), Marlon
Pereira (Dubai) and others, will guide the health ministry in streamlining public
health services, Rane said. On the PPP, Rane said whatever decision taken in this
regard will be approved by the state cabinet.
The Goa Health Minister has
also decided to charge the non-Goa patients while subsidising Goans. "We
are serving more for the outside Goan population than the locals," he said
pointing out to the huge inflow of patients from neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra
in state owned Goa Medical College and hospital.
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