Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of Rs 68.98 crore to give a facelift to premier medical colleges of the state.
After chairing a review meeting of the medical education and research department, Mann said in a press statement, “Augmenting the facilities in these medical colleges of the state is the need of the hour to ensure quality treatment and diagnostic facilities for the people. Equipping these medical colleges with high-end and world-class machinery is imperative so that they can serve the patients in a better manner.”
Mann asked the medical education department to immediately issue Rs 68.98 crore to the four medical colleges to upgrade the facilities. He further said that Rs 26.53 crore should be issued to Government Medical College, Amritsar, Rs 28.51 crore to Government Medical College, Patiala, Rs 9.43 crore to Dr BR Ambedkar Institute of Medical Sciences, Mohali, and Rs 4.51 crore to PGI Satellite Centre, Ferozepur.
“These funds should be duly utilised for development works in the medical colleges along with procuring the latest machinery and equipment in the larger public interest,” he said.>
