BMC allocates Rs 7,380 for public health: Focus on infra upgrade, cancer care

Infrastructure upgrade

The absorption is connected completing redevelopment projects successful 12 hospitals, with 5 acceptable for completion this year, adding astir 1,965 beds and expanding healthcare facilities under the public-private concern (PPP) model. The hospitals that are apt to beryllium completed this twelvemonth are Bhagwati Hospital successful Dahisar, Punjabi Galli Diagnostic Centre successful Borivali, Jakhadevi Health Centre successful Dadar, a 300-bed infirmary astatine Vikhroli Parksite, and a 300-bed infirmary successful Govandi.

Once each 12 hospitals are redeveloped, an further 3,515 beds volition beryllium made disposable to the existing 15,302 authorities infirmary beds, bringing Mumbai’s full furniture capableness to 49,893.

Cancer care

Cancer attraction infrastructure is being importantly bolstered, with dedicated oncology and exigency section buildings nether operation astatine Nair Hospital. A 150-bedded crab portion astatine Dr RN Cooper Hospital and HBT Medical College, equipped with a Linear Accelerator and a Dharamshala astatine Bandra, is successful development. LTMG Hospital’s redevelopment volition see a abstracted oncology gathering with precocious radiation therapy facilities.

The BMC has launched a ‘ward-wise broad crab attraction model’ that integrates screening, diagnosis, referral services, and diligent counselling for oral, breast, and cervical cancers. To further preventive care, an HPV vaccination programme for girls aged 9 to 14 years volition beryllium introduced successful the adjacent fiscal year, aiming to trim cervical crab incidence.

Tuberculosis prevention

The BMC is besides scaling up its efforts to combat tuberculosis. In the 2025-26 fiscal, each TB diligent volition person a prevention kit containing masks, sanitisers, and a spittoon to curb infections. A aviator task astatine Kasturba Hospital volition trial ‘Targeted Next Generation Sequencing’ for precise TB detection, and a therapeutic cause monitoring installation volition beryllium launched to guarantee optimal medicine efficacy.

For large women and children

To enactment large women, peculiarly high-risk cases, the civic assemblage volition found 38 ‘Maa Mitra’ helpdesks successful superior wellness centres for counselling and tracking. Automated dependable calls and SMS alerts volition beryllium utilized to supply pregnancy-related guidance and guarantee afloat immunisation of infants up to 1 twelvemonth of age.

Under the National Urban Health Mission, 2 sub-urban hospitals volition acceptable up nutrition rehabilitation centres to negociate malnourished children and trim kid mortality.

Recognising the request for mental, reproductive, and wide healthcare services for adolescents successful slum areas, 33 wellness centres volition present teen wellness centres.

The Seth AJB Municipal ENT Hospital volition soon connection cochlear implant surgeries for children with proceeding impairments, improving entree to specialised treatment.

ICU and neonatal ICU services successful sub-urban hospitals volition beryllium expanded done outsourced services.

Vaccinations, medicine availability

Further improvements successful healthcare services see expanded immunisation programmes, with 52,000 vaccination sessions annually and a peculiar absorption connected typhoid surveillance successful 9 wellness centres. The Zero Prescription Policy, ensuring indispensable medicines are disposable astatine hospitals, is progressing with tenders for the adjacent 2 years successful the last stage. The city-wide ‘Aarogya Seva Aaplya Dari’ strategy volition present door-to-door wellness check-ups to amended aboriginal illness detection and treatment.

This fiscal volition besides spot the motorboat of 25 caller Hindu hriday samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana centres and 3 physiotherapy centres.