Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday said the State would soon emerge as a world class health tourist destination in view of excellent health infrastructure and the best brains in medical fraternity existing here.
The State Government was committed to lead the country in providing best quality cancer diagnostic and treatment facilities, said Badal.
The CM — who was inaugurating Fortis Cancer Institute — stressed upon the key players in the private health sector to come forward in setting up such quality healthcare institutes especially in small towns and cities to provide best medical facilities to the people at affordable rates. “Cancer is such a deadly disease which spares none howsoever affluent or resourceful he or she might be. I have lost my beloved father and wife to the monster of cancer,” said Badal, while striking an emotional chord.
listing the initiatives taken by the state government to combat the deadly menace of cancer, Badal said that the State Government was offering free cashless treatment to the patients inflicted with cancer in 17 empanelled hospitals.
likewise, he said that world class Tata Memorial Cancer Institute was also coming up at Mullanpur near Chandigarh, which would further propel the best Cancer treatment practices in the region.
“The State Government has already taken initiative in this direction to set up such skill centers at Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot, where there were abundant opportunities for the youth to be absorbed in the technical and paramedical staff,” he said.