| "We have received nearly 17 proposals for setting up hospitals and three big proposals from the country's leading private players in the health sector. After studying proposals, the best of them will be selected by the government," said K B Jandial, secretary, health and medical education. |
| Before giving its nod to the private hospitals, the health department has decided to work out a mechanism under which the mandatory 25 per cent free treatment to poor patients is strictly adhered to by the private hospitals. |
| The state government has suggested that private players set up hospitals at places other than the two capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar. But a majority of them have shown interest in setting them up in the two cities. |
| A mechanism under consideration for the upcoming private hospitals as well as the Batras' hospital in Jammu was that the cases referred by medical superintendents of districts hospitals as well as two government medical colleges of Jammu and Srinagar will have to be admitted by private hospitals under the quota of 25 per cent free treatment. |
| The state government has offered land at concessional rates to the private players willing to establish hospitals and an agreement is likely to be in place after the finalisation of the proposal. |
| About 50 per cent of the proposals have been received from outside the state and there is one from Saudi Arabia. |
| Following complaints regarding the denial of benefits to poor patients, the state's ministry of health has decided to constitute a committee to monitor the process and look into their complaints. |
| This proposal to private players has been offered by Jammu and Kashmir following the heavy rush of patients to government hospitals and minimise the burden on government doctors and hospitals in Jammu and Srinagar, besides other districts in the state. |
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