This is expected to boost the treatment and diagnostic facilities.

Punjab News: In a bid to provide quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to people in Medical Colleges, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has ordered the immediate release of funds of Rs 68.98 crore to give a facelift to the premier Medical Colleges of the state.

Chairing a review meeting of the Medical Education and Research Department here today, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Augmenting the facilities in these Medical colleges of the state was the need of the hour to ensure quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people. To equip these Medical colleges with high-end and world-class machinery is imperative so that they can serve the patients in a better manner.”

The Chief Minister asked the Medical Education department to immediately issue Rs 68.98 crore to the four medical colleges in the state to upgrade the facilities. He further said that Rs 26.53 crore should be promptly 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, SAS Nagar (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,” noted the Chief Minister.

This is expected to boost the treatment and diagnostic facilities.

The Chief Minister batted that these works in the medical colleges should be completed in a time-bound and prompt manner so that better health facilities are made available to the people at affordable rates.

"Punjab has a glorious legacy of producing world-class Doctors across the globe, and even today, a large number of students pursue medical education to become qualified doctors. The Punjab government is duty-bound to provide quality medical education in these medical colleges so that students pursuing medical education are immensely benefited,” he asserted.

“This will go a long way in ensuring the well-being of the common people by ensuring quality medical facilities in these premier colleges. The Punjab government is committed to this noble cause and no stone will be left unturned for this noble cause,” he affirmed.

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