Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda inaugurated new Government Medical Colleges in Sheopur and Singrauli, along with a series of centrally sponsored health programmes aimed at strengthening public health and community outreach in Madhya Pradesh.
Both Government Medical Colleges at Sheopur and Singrauli were approved under phase-III of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with district/referral hospitals’ in academic year 2019-20 with an approved cost of Rs 325 crore each. Out of central share of Rs 195 crores, an amount of Rs 113.4 crore for each college has been released to the State.
On the occasion, agreements were also signed for the establishment of four new Medical Colleges under the Public–Private Partnership (PPP) mode with the support of the Union Health Ministry, further expanding opportunities for medical education and service delivery in the state. These initiatives mark a significant step towards expanding medical education, strengthening preventive healthcare, empowering frontline health workers, and improving maternal and child health outcomes in Madhya Pradesh.
Shri Nadda noted that with 17 Government Medical Colleges and 13 private colleges, Madhya Pradesh is emerging as a strong performer in the health sector. He highlighted that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the focus of India’s national health policy is to develop a “holistic health care system”, which not only focuses on curative part in health care but also emphasises on the preventive care, palliative care, rehabilitative care, geriatric care and promotional health care.
