Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday questioned the logic and rationale behind setting up of “Aam Aadmi Clinics” in the state when it already has “a nationally and internationally acknowledged robust and vibrant healthcare system”.
“There are already thousands of better equipped and better staffed government-run dispensaries across the State, which the AAP Government wants to replace with such clinics, which have already failed in Delhi,” said Warring.
“If these Aam Aadmi clinics are specially meant to treat the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers for whatever diseases you may have diagnosed they are suffering from, then it is alright,” Warring taunted the AAP Government, while remarking, “but the common Punjabi really does not need refurbished Suvidha Centres as their first-aid centres, when they have easy access to better facilities across the state”.
The state Congress president alleged that setting up of Mohalla Clinics appeared to be the “money minting scheme” for the powers-that-be while referring to the massive expenses incurred in getting these already existing buildings painted with the ‘Aam Aadmi Party’ name.
“The way the AAP Government has named these clinics looks like these are AAP’s ‘extension counters’ and not healthcare centres...Otherwise any healthcare facility is named after the respective locality or village and here these are named after the ruling political party”, he pointed out, while asking, “are you deputing medical staff or want to rehabilitate your party workers in these clinics?”