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The BMC also proposes to add 816 posts of doctors to boost manpower in the peripheral hospitals.Milind Mhaske, project director, Praja Foundation hailed the BMC's plan of strengthening the city's primary health services. "When there is a demand supply gap, the best approach is to strengthen the primary services rather than building super-specialty hospitals," he said. The services will be outsourced to private agencies but it will essentially stop patients from flocking to major hospitals," said Kundan. Mumbai has 183 dispensaries and the 2017-18 budget has proposed to add more ten more in the years to come. Kundan added that dispensaries will be spruced up to carry out x-rays, TB culture and other blood tests..