JALANDHAR
To boost government healthcare facilities in Kartarpur town, Cabinet Minister Balkar Singh on Sunday said that the Punjab government had sanctioned Rs 2.93 crore for the complete revamping of the existing local Civil hospital and construction of new OPD and administrative blocks.
Participating in Swachhta hi Sewa Abhiyan in Kartarpur, the Local Bodies Minister said that tenders would be floated by the health department soon as the government has already approved Rs 2.93 crore for the work. He said that the Punjab Health System Corporation would be an executive agency of the project and work would be initiated soon.
Reiterating that the Punjab government was accorded top priority to the health sector, Singh said that a complete overhaul of infrastructure was being ensured and there was no paucity of funds. He said that this would include recruiting doctors and nursing staff, increasing bed strength, augmenting medical care infrastructure and other measures. He said that Aam Aadmi Clinics were already providing quality health services to the people at their doorsteps and more such centres would be dedicated in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Singh also exhorted the people to make clean, green, and pollution-free Jalandhar, which will be a real tribute to the father of the nation- Mahatma Gandhi. In Swachhta Hi Sewa initiative, he said that this drive must be made a mass movement for disseminating the message of cleanliness in the district. He expressed hope that with the active support and cooperation of the people Jalandhar would soon emerge as a clean, green, and pollution-free district.