Overview

• Work has resumed on seven COVID-era ICU hospital projects to transform them into specialised centres offering cancer treatment, transplants and high-risk maternity care.
• The newly inaugurated Yatharth Multi-Speciality Hospital in Model Town will operate under Ayushman Bharat to deliver free multi-speciality services for underprivileged patients.
• Gupta is urging private hospitals to join Ayushman Bharat while exploring public-private partnerships to fast-track construction and operation of the new centres.
• The initiative aims to correct Delhi’s previous shortfall of 0.42 beds per 1,000 residents and the scarcity of MRI and CT scanners across public facilities.
• Stalled sites in neighbourhoods such as Kirari, Sultanpuri and Dilshad Garden, many only halfway built, are being prioritised for expedited completion through new PPP frameworks.