Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday envisioned to showcase Punjab as a model State in the healthcare sector across the globe in the near future.
Badal, speaking on the occasion before signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Punjab Government and Health Sector Skill Council — an arm of National Skill Development Council (NSDC), said his Government had already taken several initiatives in skilling unemployed youth by imparting training in the fields of healthcare and paramedics.
Felicitating the dignitaries on dais, he said it was a matter of great pride for Punjabis that Punjab had today became the first ever State to ink such MoU with the NSDC in the healthcare sector.
“The State has always accorded highest priority to the health sector and has already launched many skill courses in the medical colleges of Amritsar, Faridkot and Patiala under the auspices of Baba Farid University of Healthcare and Medical Sciences... Boarding and lodging facilities would be soon provided to the aspirants in upcoming hostels,” he said.
Badal pointed out Punjab had been rated excellent by the Central Government in the medical and healthcare infrastructure. The CM said continuing the spree of excellence in the field of medical education and healthcare, Punjab would soon emerge as a frontrunner State in the healthcare skill development too.
Emphasising the need to have better synergy between the state government and Healthcare Sector Skill Council, Badal said that the signing of MoU should not be merely restricted to paper rather it should be carry forward in the right earnest being treated as Memorandum of Commitment (MoC) and Memorandum of Action (MoA). He assured fulsome support and cooperation to the Healthcare Sector Skill Council to transform the dream of skilling our youth to secure remunerative jobs into reality. Badal said: “This can only be feasible if all of us work zealously 24x7 to convert the MoU into MoA.”