Punjab Cabinet Minister Dr. Balbir Singh on Tuesday assumed charge of the Health & family Welfare, Medical Education & Research and Elections Departments and said that the Delhi model of development will be delivered in each and every corner of the state of Punjab.
While taking charge, his Cabinet colleagues Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Social Security Minister Baljit Kaur, Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, Information and Public Relations Minister Aman Arora, Horticulture and Freedom Fighter Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra besides others were present.
Dr. Balbir Singh, MLA from Patiala Rural, who won the 2022 Assembly Election by a margin of over 50000 votes, said, "health and education are the areas of the core concern of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led government. Therefore, it will be my priority that the health programs should be implemented at the grassroots level to provide quality primary, secondary & tertiary healthcare facilities to the people". The health sector will be taken to greater heights with the cooperation of the government and the private sector, he added.
A renowned eye surgeon and philanthropist, Dr. Balbir Singh has been providing low-cost eye care to farmers and the poor masses for last four decades. As a doctor, he treated patients at a very low cost and donated the gift of vision to over 30,000 blind patients besides distributing free medicines to tens of thousands of patients. Recipients of many awards from state governments across the country, he organized a free medicines and medical service langar at Delhi borders during the farmers agitation against the farm laws.