Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday called for collective efforts by all sections of the society to bring Punjab back on the path of development.
Addressing a gathering of healthcare luminaries at a function he expressed confidence that his Government would succeed in bringing the State out of the mess it had inherited from the previous regime.
Identifying healthcare as a primary area of focus for his government, the Chief Minister reiterated his commitment to improving healthcare, along with education, in the state despite the prevailing fiscal crisis.
In his brief address, the Chief Minister pointed out that the public health sector in the state was in a bad shape and announced his Government’s decision to convert primary health centres into primary healthcare centres to ensure early scanning of medical problems in children.
His Government, said Captain Amarinder, was also investing in the existing medical colleges in Patiala and Amritsar besides setting up a new medical college in Mohali to boost healthcare. Stressing the need for a medical college in Malwa region, the Chief Minister said his Government was looking into ways and means of setting up more high-end medical institutions in the State.
Asserting that India’s medical system was second to world none in the, the Chief Minister said people look at India for affordable and quality healthcare and treatment.