With a view to providing world-class medical services to the people of the State, Haryana Government has inked an agreement with Indo-UK Healthcare Private limited to establish medical institutions with proposed investment of Rs1,000 crore.
The project is expected to generate employment for 3,000 people.
Under this agreement, Haryana Government would facilitate Indo-UK Healthcare Private limited to obtain necessary permissions, registrations, approvals and clearances for the project from the Departments concerned in order to ensure the establishment of the project in a time-bound manner. This would be done as per the existing policies and rules and regulations of the State Government. The project is likely to commence in 2017.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Devender Singh, on behalf of Haryana Government, and by Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, Indo-UK Healthcare Private limited, Ajay Gupta, in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal and Industries and Commerce Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Manohar lal said that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tour to United Kingdom (UK), Modi and UK Prime Minister David Cameron had reached an agreement for expansion of medical services in India, with investment of one billion pounds into Indian healthcare system. This agreement was signed in the same series. Haryana is one of the six states which have signed MoUs with Indo-UK Healthcare Private limited, he added.
Reiterating the State Government’s commitment towards providing better healthcare services to the people of the state, the Chief Minister said that presently, there are nine medical colleges in Haryana.
He said that the Government aims to open a medical college in each district. Apart from this, the establishment of a branch of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state is currently under process. While a medical University is presently functioning in Haryana, another one is being established in Karnal and an Ayurvedic University would soon be opened in Kurukshetra, he added.
Manohar lal said that the recruitment of doctors is being carried out in the state to fill up the requirement for doctors as fixed by the World Health Organisation.