BMC has allotted Rs 15.11 crore to deploy security for doctors at civic-run hospitals, after a spate of attacks on them prompted huge protests. Representation pic

Last year, the BMC allocated Rs 3,693 crore for the health budget, a number that has dropped to Rs 3,311 crore this year. However, despite the Rs 382 crore cut, BMC has added several new schemes to provide security to doctors in its hospitals and curb the mushrooming of illegal diagnostic centres. However, health activists have condemned the cut.