Punjab: Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh has said that its government will upgrade at least 40 hospitals including 19 district hospitals, six subdivision hospitals and 15 Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Punjab.
“All the formalities and preparations have been completed to execute this work and the government will accomplish this work in the current year,” he said.
In order to finalise the plan, the Punjab Bhawan was charing a meeting on Wednesday with the engineers and officers of all the execution agencies, including the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC), Department of Architecture, Public Works Department, Punjab Mandi Board, and PUDA.
Who all were present during the meeting?
Vivek Partap Singh, the principal secretary for health, Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal, the managing director of PHSC, Harish Nayyar, the special secretary for public works, and Sapna, the chief architect, were also present during the meeting.
According to Dr. Balbir Singh, all of the state’s public hospitals will be renovated in addition to new construction that will be built in accordingly with demand and staffing levels that are necessary.
“The upgraded buildings of all the hospitals will be equipped with ultra-modern facilities and equipment so that people can avail world-class healthcare facilities at government hospitals,” he added.
To plan the strategy for the early completion of the work, the Health Minister will visit Sangrur and Patiala on August 16 together with representatives from all the executions agencies.
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