Uttar Pradesh Medical Education department has floated tenders for setting up medical colleges on the public-private partnership (PPP) model in 16 districts of the state and set November 5 as the deadline for receiving applications from the interested bidders.

The department has already earmarked and reserved land for opening medical colleges in the 16 districts.

Many prominent institutions of the country have expressed their willingness to start medical colleges. Various exemptions are also being given by the Yogi Adityanath government to private investors for setting up medical colleges.

The tender documents can be downloaded from ‘http://etender.up.nic.in’,” said Principal Secretary (Medical Education) Alok Kumar.

The Medical Education department had recently issued a policy regarding setting up of medical colleges in 16 districts on PPP model after getting the approval of the Uttar Pradesh cabinet and had provided three options. The terms and conditions are different for each option.

Private sector investors can open medical colleges either on their own land or on government land. The investors will be selected through the tender process in a fair and transparent manner. The entire process is being completed at a fast pace on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

According to an estimate, the medical colleges to be set up in 16 districts will produce 1,600 new doctors every year while about 10,000 people will get jobs in them. Besides, these medical colleges will have about 6,000 new beds for the treatment of people. Common people will be able to get a high level of facilities in these medical colleges.

At present, there are no government or private medical colleges in 16 districts of UP namely, Baghpat, Ballia, Bhadohi, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Hathras, Kasganj, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mau, Rampur, Sambhal, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shamli and Shravasti. However, the facilities of district hospital, community health centre (CHC) and primary health centre (PHC) are currently available in these districts. In order to further strengthen health facilities in these districts, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath decided to open medical colleges in every district.