shimla in order to provide better healthcare facilities to the people of state himachal pradesh government as a step forward is considering collaborating with the japan international cooperation agency jica for financial assistance for enhancing health infrastructure across various health institutions with a proposed financial outlay of rs 2835 crore chief minister sukhvinder singh sukhu has placed the health sector amongst one of its flagship programmes and is prioritizing to strengthen the healthcare facilities so as to extend the best medical services to its citizensthe state government is mulling to allocate rs 1620 crore of this jica funding towards tertiary care infrastructure including the strengthening of new medical colleges in hamirpur chamba and nahan with an expected financial outlay of rs 1010 crore additionally rs 400 crore will be spent on developing adequate health infrastructure for providing superspeciality services with respect to cancer disease in medical college hamirpur the government is also seeking rs 60 crore additional funds from jica for nursing educational infrastructure and highend diagnostic capacity in the new medical collegesit is proposed to allocate rs 1215 crore of jica funding in order to enhance secondary care infrastructure which includes rs 988 crore for infrastructure and equipment like ct scan services in selected secondary care facilities that is civil hospital per medical block besides rs 135 crore is proposed for needbased strengthening of secondary care facilities and rs 92 crore for repair and maintenance strengthening diagnostics power backup and hospital management information system mis of the remaining civil hospitals and community health centressukhvinder singh sukhu said that his government is committed to providing worldclass healthcare facilities to the people of the state at their doorstep particularly in the tribal and far flung areas our goal is to introduce modern technology in the health sector and there will be no shortage of funds for this vital sector he said adding that health institutions will be equipped with staff and essential equipment so that people can get proper medical carehe said that the health department is on the job to prepare a preliminary project report to be discussed in detail with jica the state government is also mulling to introduce 5g technologies in state health institutions for enhanced digital connectivity which will facilitate the doctors and the patients for online consultations as wellhealth care is conventionally regarded as an important determinant in promoting the general physical mental and social wellbeing of people around the world and can contribute to a significant part of a countrys economy development and industrialization after assuming the office the chief minister sukhvinder singh sukhu led government has made it clear that adequate funds will be provided for upgrading and creating modern health infrastructure in the state