Overview
- The BMC improvement committee referred the proposal back to the civic administration on Wednesday for reworking and resubmission instead of approving a public‑private partnership to revive the 1,500‑bed SevenHills Hospital.
- The administration had earlier selected Capri Global, reported to be partnering with Reliance, to revive the stalled facility but the handover has not been authorised following the committee decision.
- Opposition corporators cited a hurried no‑objection certificate issued before the Model Code of Conduct, questioned Capri Global’s healthcare experience and demanded clarity on whether 20% of beds would remain reserved for BMC patients.
- Committee chair Sandhya Doshi said the referrals were on technical grounds and must be revised, while multiple reports say Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis intervened after opposition pressure.
- SevenHills was built in a BMC joint venture, was run by the civic body as a major COVID‑19 centre and has been tied up in legal and insolvency disputes, making this decision a potential precedent for future privatisation of civic health assets and blood‑bank operations.