Hospitals will not be privatised: Samrat

Patna, Oct 16 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday said that expanding medical education, safeguarding patients' rights, ensuring quality healthcare services and maintaining government ownership are the state government's top priorities. During a review of the Health Department, he clarified that ownership of brownfield medical colleges and hospitals proposed under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model would remain with the government and there would be no provision for its privatisation. The meeting reviewed proposals for establishing and operating brownfield medical colleges under the PPP model. The initiative aims to make better use of existing infrastructure, expand the capacity of…