Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced that the Congress Government will provide free treatment to cancer patients in Punjab. He said that hundreds of families in the Malwa region have been devastated by the disease with loss of life and huge expenses incurred on the treatment.
“It is double whammy for the families as on the one hand, they lose their near and dear ones, and on the other, they go financially broke as the cancer treatment is very expensive,” he said adding that the cancer patients' treatment shall be State's responsibility.
Capt Amarinder, while talking to the people of Kotkapura assembly segment during his 'Halke vich Captain' programme, announced that his government will also try to find long term solution to the problem and find out the reasons for the alarming spread of the disease in the area. Replying to a question by one Swaran Singh, whose grandson was shot dead during the protests against the Bargadi sacrilege, Capt Amarinder promised justice to the victims.
He said that not only will the police officials, who fired at the peaceful protesters, be punished, but those who ordered the firing will also be firmly dealt with. “Once an independent investigation is carried out, everything
will point towards Badal from the sacrilege to firing on protesters,” he said.