Under the programme, three city hospitals — Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) Sector 32 and Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) Sector 16 — will share faculty expertise with each other.

The Administration has approved that Urologist Dr Vidur Bhalla from GMSH-16, would now attend to patients at the hospital in Sector 32 twice a week.

The Government Medical College Hospital did not have an expert urologist after its sole faculty Dr G S Bawa left a few years ago.

At the Sector-16 hospital, Dr Sukanaya Mitra of GMCH-32 would provide technical support for establishing an Intensive Care Unit.

“Sometimes, hospitals have the requisite infrastructure but appointments take a lot of time due to administrative reasons or because experts are extremely hard to find. Sharing of expertise is a prudent step and is certain to benefit the patients,” said a Sector-32 doctor.

While the Administration had earlier made plans for the upgrade of Sector-16 hospital, it is still to find experts in most of the super-specialties, which were to be added to the hospital.