Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal Amritsar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday asked the officers to complete the ongoing project of upgradation of Government Medical College’s (GMC) infrastructure in August this year. The Rs104 crore project is aimed at imparting quality healthcare services to people.
Presiding over a review meeting of the project, the CM said that this college was the pioneer institute in the region and this project would give a major facelift to it besides providing State of the art healthcare facilities to the people of border region. Badal asked his Special Principal Secretary KJS Cheema to personally review the entire ongoing work so that it could be completed well in time.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister was apprised that the Public Works Department (B&R) and Punjab Health System Corporation were executing the work under this ambitious project. He was told that the work of various buildings in college like Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Nursing Hostel, Auditorium and library was on in full swing. likewise, Badal was informed that the work on construction of boys and girls hostel was also going on in full pace.
Eight buildings of the college including block A and B, TB Ward, Ears and Eye Hospital, Anatomy, Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology departments, office and residence of Principal have been identified to be restored to their traditional look. The work has been entrusted to Indian National Trust and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).