Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Sunday that a comprehensive plan has been devised to establish the nation’s finest health services in Maharashtra over the next four years. The initiative aims to ensure that primary healthcare facilities are accessible to every individual within a 3-kilometre radius, reported news agency PTI.

Speaking after inaugurating the Late Bhanutai Gadkari Memorial Diagnostic Centre in Nagpur, CM Fadnavis noted that while technological advancements are increasing treatment costs, they also underscore the critical need to provide more people with affordable and subsidised care through the government health system. He added that the Maharashtra government and the Centre are actively collaborating on this aspect.

"A study of health services has shown that the government has developed very good tertiary treatment facilities in Maharashtra, but we are lacking to some extent when it comes to primary health services. If we go by the ratio, then 60 per cent of funds should go to primary health services and 40 per cent to tertiary services," he stated.