For the medical and health sector, the government has allocated a substantial budget of Rs 27,086 crore for next fiscal 2024-25.
With this, the state government aims to strengthen the health infrastructure along with providing quality and affordable healthcare to the residents of the state.
This budget will give impetus to all the public welfare schemes, including National Rural Mission Scheme, Ayushman Bharat Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
Additionally, under the Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission Scheme, health wellness centres will be set up in rural and urban areas of the state.
The Yogi government has allocated a budget of Rs 7,350 crore for the operation of various programmes under the National Rural Health Mission for the financial year 2024-2025. Under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission Yojana, a provision of Rs 952 crore is proposed for the establishment of Health Wellness Centre Care Unit and Integrated Public Health Lab in rural and urban areas.
Additionally, Rs 300 crore is proposed in the financial year 2024-25 under Ayushman Bharat Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan, and Rs 322 crores for the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
Moreover, arrangements for cashless treatment have been made in private hospitals under Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Rajya Karmachari Cashless Chikitsa Yojana. An estimated expenditure of Rs 150 crore is anticipated for this, which will be completely borne by the state government.
Presently, there are 65 medical colleges in the state, out of which 35 are run by the state government and 30 by the private sector. In addition, 45 districts are equipped with medical colleges and in 14 districts, medical colleges funded by the Central government are under construction. It is proposed to establish medical colleges through private investment in 16 unserved districts.
Furthermore, the number of BSc nursing colleges in the government sector has been increased from six to 23. A medical college will also be established in Varanasi at a cost of Rs 400 crore. Moreover, a provision of Rs 125 crore has been proposed in the budget for free medical facilities for incurable diseases. An amount of Rs 300 crore has been proposed for upgrading Trauma Centre Level-II to Trauma Centre Level-I (100 bedded)/Apex Trauma Centre (200 bedded) in government medical colleges.
Under the Ayushman Bharat, the target is to establish 1,600 health and wellness centres. Moreover, 1,035 government Ayurvedic, Homeopathy and Unani hospitals are being converted into health wellness centres. Currently, 2,110 Ayurvedic, 254 Unani and 1,585 Homeopathic hospitals along with eight Ayurvedic, two Unani and nine Homeopathic colleges and their affiliated hospitals are operational in various districts of the state.
Under the budgetary provisions, the construction work of Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University, Gorakhpur will be completed under the AYUSH department. Along with this, Government Ayurvedic College will be established in Ayodhya and Government Homeopathic Medical College in Varanasi.
