To facilitate better health for citizens in the ongoing pandemic, the health sector received a massive hike of 46.63% in the BMC annual budget.
The Health Budget is estimated at Rs 6933.75 crore, which is 15.09% of the total. Medical infrastructure has been given tremendous focus in this year’s budget with the development/ redevelopment/ construction of 16 municipal hospitals/ health centres with a total provision of Rs 1464.35 crore.
Takeaways
Shiv Yog Kendra: ‘Better Health through Yoga’ initiative of 200 Shiv Yog centres with a total provision of Rs 30 crore.
Early Intervention and Rehabilitation Centre: BMC will be the first in the country to set up a unique role model centre for differently-abled special children. Rs 14 crore is budgeted for this initiative.
The indexing of scanned data of ‘A’ Grade records of Birth and Death reports from the year 1880 with a provision of Rs 5.50 crore.
Rs 257.50 crore for upgradation of dispensaries, Rs 11 crore for standardisation of 13 dispensaries and Rs 35.38 crore for maternity homes.
