Ludhiana: Doctors have strongly opposed the Punjab government's decision to open new medical colleges under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model .

They warned that this move could lead to the privatisation of healthcare in the state and make medical services and education unaffordable for the poor.

In a statement issued recently, the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) president, Dr Arun Mitra and central committee member Dr Inderveer Gill have demanded that the government halt the move. They said that the proposed medical colleges in Sangrur and Nawanshahr were being established under the PPP framework through the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) and that tenders for the same had been floated.

The doctors’ body questioned whether the fee structure in

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