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More beds, clinics, and PPP model in Rs 7,380.44 crore health budget
Updated On: 05 February, 2025 10:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Plans include expanding speciality services, enhancing diagnostics, and improving ICU facilities; with a focus on improving healthcare accessibility and infrastructure, the budget aims to expand hospital capacities, introduce new medical initiatives, and enhance public health programmes
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Mumbai currently has 15,302 beds in government hospitals and 31,076 beds in private hospitals. Representation Pic/istock
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced an ambitious Rs 7,380.44 crore health budget for the financial year 2025-26, making up around 10 per cent of the total civic budget of Rs 74,427.41 crore. With a focus on improving healthcare accessibility and infrastructure, the budget aims to expand hospital capacities, introduce new medical initiatives, and enhance public health programmes. For the fiscal year 2025-26, Rs 5,207.70 crore has been earmarked for operational healthcare expenses (Revenue Budget), while Rs 2,172.73 crore is designated for capital investment in healthcare infrastructure.
“With a robust budgetary allocation and strategic expansion of healthcare services, BMC’s 2025-26 Health Budget aims to make Mumbai’s public health system more accessible, affordable, and efficient. From expanding hospital capacities to introducing cutting-edge medical programmes, we are taking significant strides towards universal healthcare coverage for all Mumbaikars,” said BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani Bed capacity expansion
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