Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday laid the foundation stone of Sant Attar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences at Mastuana Sahib to come up over an area of 25 acres with an estimated cost of nearly Rs 345 crores.
Reiterating the state government’s firm commitment to provide quality medical facilities to the people, the Chief Minister said that this Institute will be a step forward towards this direction. “This project will be a humble and befitting tribute to the great religious leader Sant Attar Singh, who propagated the message of universal love, peace, and communal harmony to the people,” said Mann while recalling Sant Attar Singh’s immense contribution in spreading the light of education in the entire region.
The Chief Minister envisioned that this college, with MBBS seats, will make Sangrur as a hub of medical education in the entire region. “Apart from construction of Academic block, the project will include upgradation of existing Civil Hospital Sangrur from 220-bedded to 360-bedded, construction of Nursing School, separate hostels for Senior and Junior Girls and Boys, Sports Track and Pavilion for students, open Air Theatre for extracurricular activities, faculty residence and shopping complex,” he said.