Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Medical College at Chhatarpur will be developed as a super- specialty centre.
The site for the Medical College has been identified about 8 kms away from Chhatarpur town.
An amount of Rs 300 crores will be spent on the construction of the Medical College. Laying the foundation of the Medical College Chouhan said that the college will be fully equipped with all essential facilities. Citizens of Bundelkhand region will have access to better medical facilities with the setting up of the new College.
Chouhan dedicated the newly-constructed 300-bedded 5-storeyed building of the district hospital in Chhatarpur. He reviewed the hospital building constructed at a cost of Rs 32.50 crore. He dedicated the newly-constructed district education office built at a cost of Rs 80 lakhs in Chhatarpur and performed bhoomi-pujan of the Salaiyya High School building.
Union Minister of State for Woman and Child Development Virendra Kumar, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Lalita Yadav, MLA Manvendra Singh and Rekha Yadav, Municipal Chairman Archana Singh, Commissioner Health Department Pallavi Jain, other public representatives and a large number of people were present on the occasion.
Chouhan laid the foundation of 5 construction works to be constructed at a cost of more than Rs 1.65 crore at Bijawar tehsil headquarters if Chhatarpur district. MLA Pushpendra Nath Pathak, Nagar Palika Parishad Bhupendra Gupta and other public representatives were present on the occasion.