₹7,380-crore boost for health infrastructure in BMC budget

This was the focus of the ₹7,380.44 crore allocated for public health in the budget for FY2025-26 presented by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday. The ₹7,380.44 crore allocation is 13.95% more than last year, at ₹6,350.53 crore. Of the total allocation, ₹5,207.70 crore has been provided as revenue expenditure and ₹2,172.73 crore as capital expenditure.

Various civic hospitals are currently being redeveloped, with their infrastructure and medical facilities undergoing a major upgrade. The redevelopment will also increase the number of beds by 3,515, taking the total to 49,893 beds. This surpasses the requirement under the National Health Policy 2017 for the year 2024.

Additionally, super-specialty facilities in disciplines such as oncology, nephrology and gastroenterology will be built in the suburbs, for which ₹306.29 crore has been provided. Also, 25 new Hindu Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray (HBT) Aapla Dawakhana centres and three physiotherapy centres will be added to the existing 250 HBT clinics.