JALANDHAR
On the eve of 77th Independence Day, 17 new Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs) were dedicated to the people of the district on Monday to transform Punjab into a healthy state.
Participating in the virtual opening of 76 new AACs throughout Punjab by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Local Bodies Minister Balkar Singh Inaugurated one of the clinics in Raowali village and said that his government had made a promise to the people before elections that quality health services will be delivered to them through such clinics free of cost at their doorsteps and today with the opening of 17 new clinics, now 55 such centres will be operating in the district. He said that this paperless system of treating patients was also helping to give an authentic data of patients and the situation of the area. He said that these clinics would also be helpful in easing out the burden of patients in Government Hospitals.
The Minister also said that apart from this, 117 'Schools of Eminence' were already started by the state government to offer quality education to the students of the state. He said that apart from sending the principals to Singapore for training, the batch of head teachers are also being sent to IIM Ahmedabad. He said that the students were also earlier sent to Sri Harikota during the launch of Chandrayaan for practical experience in space science.
Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku, , MLA’s Raman Arora, Inderjeet Kaur Mann, Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal Chairperson Punjab State Container and Warehousing Corporation Rajwinder Kaur Thiara, Chairman Punjab Agri Export Corporation Limited Mangal Singh, also dedicated clinics in separate areas of the district.
Over 2.5 lakh patients have already been benefitted from the existing 38 Aam Aadmi Clinics in the district. These ultra-modern clinics have been offering 38 types of clinical tests for free and 94 different medicines to patients without any cost.