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Punjab Mulls Roping in Private Players to Run Govt Hospitals

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March 09, 2025

Pilot Project in Pipeline, Patients to Get Free Treatment as Govt Will Pay Service Providers, Says Health Minister

- Karam Prakash

PATIALA: Faced with a lack of medical specialists, the Punjab government is planning to hand over some of its hospitals to private institutes. This will be the first time that government hospitals will be run by private players. When asked about the proposal, health minister Dr Balbir Singh said it would be a public-private partnership (PPP) just like the private diagnostic centres being run at government health facilities. "We don't have a pediatrician at some places and no gynecologist in a few areas. To overcome this shortage, we are planning to start a pilot project wherein private players will run the hospital

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