Maharashtra Government has finalised a committee of experts under Presidentship of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) Chairman to finalise the policy for auctioning land of erstwhile Nagpur Nagrik Sahakari Rugnalay on North Ambazari Road. Besides that State has also notified 25 per cent concession in upfront premium to be payable on lease of land in a bid to sweeten the offer for prospective charitable organisations for establishment of a hospital. The land admeasures about 62,888 sq.mtrs. in Mouza Lendra and the base price is fixed at Rs 10,63,61,575. The committee of experts that also has well-known physicians of the city is given 3 months time to finalise the document that NIT will then float RFP to invite bids for setting-up of the hospital.

 

The development comes post direction form Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench following which NIT forwarded the proposal to State Government seeking notifying the rebate of 25 per cent in land premium. The committee comprises of Chairman NIT as its head, and the members are Dr Raj Gajbhiye, the Dean, Government Medical College and Hospital; Vidya Hampayya, Joint Secretary, Urban Development Department; Janardan Bhanuse, Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Maharashtra Government; Prashant Bhandarkar, Superintending Engineer, NIT; Dr Vaibhavi Dani, President, Zonal Transplant Co-ordination Centre, Nagpur; Dr Lokendra Singh, Director, Central India Institute of Medical Science; Dr Shrikant Mukewar, Gastroenterologist; and Dr Sanjeev Choudhari, Orthopaedician. They are tasked with finalising the upset price for floating the formal tenders for calling interested parties to develop modern hospital.

 

Also they are tasked with selected of Advisor for preparation of RFP, supervising the tender process including scrutiny of the bids and choosing the party to develop the hospital. A three months period is provided to the committee to wrap up its work and get the hospital project going. Nagpur Nagrik Sahakari Rugnalay was first of its kind initiative of the region wherein a full fledged hospital offering various specialties was run on co-operative basis. The hospital functioned for over a decade and in those time when health care facilities in city were limited, the hospital offered medical care at nominal prices. Over the period of time due to financial problems the co-operative model of hospital folded-up. For many years the building of hospital remained unused and was later demolished as it had outlived its utility. Sometimes back, NIT had expressed interest to develop a public hospital on the land but State Government rejected the proposal saying its unfeasible. State want a private party to take a lead in establishing the hospital and a PIL in High Court sought setting of a specialised hospital with focus on organ transplantation.