Indus Super Speciality Healthcare Gets Punjab LoI for ₹160 Crore PPP Medical College and Teaching Hospital in Nawanshahr
The Punjab Government has issued a Letter of Intent for a new medical college and teaching hospital in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr). The project is estimated to cost ₹160 crore. The Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) issued the LoI to Indus Super Speciality Healthcare Private Limited.
The project will be developed under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis. The medical college will have 50 MBBS seats, and 50 per cent of the seats are reserved under the Punjab Government quota.
The existing 150-bed district hospital in Nawanshahr will be upgraded into a 220-bed teaching hospital in line with National Medical Commission (NMC) norms. The scope also includes academic and residential facilities for the medical college.
A 30-bed super-speciality cardiac care unit will be set up as part of the project. It will have interventional cardiology facilities, including a catheterisation laboratory for angiography and angioplasty.
Construction of the medical college building is scheduled to begin next month. The state government expects the college to be operational within 18 months. Several facilities, including the hospital building, dialysis centre and critical care block, are already available at the site.
