03 January,2009 09:03 AM IST | | Somita Pal
Civic body to chalk out an ambitious 20-year plan for citizens in its public health vision document
The BMC is working on a health vision document, a comprehensive health plan for Mumbai for the two decades leading to 2030. The document envisages an increased participation by the private sector in BMC hospitals, thus clearing the way for the entry of private doctors to resolve the ongoing crunch of qualified doctors in civic hospitals.
"Vision Document 2030 will tell us what needs to be done to keep Mumbaikars hale and hearty for the next 20 years. We are also considering allowing private doctors to practice in civic hospitals and dispensaries," explained Additional Municipal Commissioner Kishor Gajbhiye. BMC officials said a private consultant would be selected through the floating of global tenders for framing the health vision document in a month's time.
| What Vision Document 2030 promises Mumbaikars |
| 'u00a0Pooling of civic and private ambulances to provide health services 'u00a0Planning to consider escalation in health-related problems due to growing population of the city, especially in slums in particular and problems faced by senior citizens 'u00a0Studying best practices in the public health sector and incorporating them after studying their suitability 'u00a0Special attention to be paid to modern diseases that are in the rise in the city like diabetes, heart attack, blood pressure and conditions connected to pollution 'u00a0Incorporation of the national health programme, which includes strategy for fighting leprosy, blindness, tuberculosis and polio, and women and child welfare and family planning |
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| Healthy initiatives by BMC for 2009 |
| 'u00a0Expansion of existing BMC hospitals, including construction of a specialised women and children's hospital in Borivli, revamping of the Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi, and the 520-bed Cooper Hospital in Vile Parleu00a0 l Expect 1,000 new beds to be added to BMC hospitals in 2009 'u00a0New BMC-run medical colleges to come up at the Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle and in South Mumbai 'u00a0Long-awaited MRI machines to finally be procured for Nair, JJ and Sion hospitals, while KEM will get its second MRI machine in 2009u00a0 l New CT scan machines, 105 ventilators will also be ordered for city hospitals |
