The Central Government on Wednesday accepted Punjab Government’s proposal for setting up Rs 374.86 crore Government Medical College at SAS Nagar (Mohali), giving a major impetus to the Capt Amarinder Singh Government’s programmes to improve healthcare facilities and address the critical shortage of medical specialists in the State.
Welcoming the development, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said that the establishment of the medical college would help provide the best health and diagnostic services to the patients of the nearby areas.
Health and Medical Education Minister Brahm Mohindra said that all efforts would be made to ensure the timely completion of the project.
Under the terms of implementation of the centrally-sponsored scheme, the Centre would release Rs 113.40 crore in three installments for equipment and infrastructural development of the college. Punjab government has already made provisions for the project in its budget for 2018-19.
The upcoming medical college would be established at a cost of Rs 374.86 crore, of which Rs 325.26 crore would be spent on building and infrastructure, and Rs 49.60 crore on equipment, as per the project report submitted by Punjab Health Systems Corporation.
The college, with 100 MBBS seats, would be developed over 20.85 acres of land, of which 9.81 acres is earmarked for civil hospital and 4.20 acres for the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare at Mohali.