Delhi civic body to develop ₹380-crore new medical college
Hindustan TimesThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans to develop a new medical college complex at the cost of ₹380 crore at Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis under the Civil Lines zone in North Delhi, senior municipal officials aware of the matter said on Friday. HT Image According to the project proposal, submitted by municipal commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, the corporation plans to allocate ₹95 crore annually over the next four years to develop the medical college complex, which will have a provision for 150 MBBS students and 50 MD/MS seats. A senior official from the hospital administration on condition of anonymity said that the medical college will operate on a “twin campus” model along with the Hindu Rao hospital, which is the largest tertiary care hospital run by the municipality. The communication submitted by the MCD commissioner said that a cost estimate of ₹380 crore has been prepared based on project reports of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Ram Manohar Lohia hospital with concept design of 250 admissions and per unit cost is estimated to be ₹1.9 crore.