The Union Health Budget 2014-15 as presented by Mr Jaitely today is highly disappointing; Free drug service and free diagnostic services envisaged to achieve Health for All. ; No budgetary provision has however been made for this. Two National Institutes of Ageing are to be set up one at AIIMS Delhi other at Chennai. A national level research and referal institute to be set up for higher Dental Studies is to be established. 4 AIIMS like Institutes to be developed in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Purvanchal and Andhra Pradesh.
12 New Govt Medical Colleges to be set up in the country. New Drug Testing Laboratories are to be made. 15 model rural health research centres to be established. However the total capital expenditure of 500 cr (within the overal budget allocation for health and family welfare) is allocated for these new institutions in the current…
