Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be Chandigarh on Tuesday to inaugurate two major health related projects and address a youth conclave of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Home Minister will inaugurate a Sarai in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and also inaugurate the administrative block building of the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector-16, here.
The first project is a 300-bedded serai at the PGIMER. The sarai has been constructed at a cost of nearly Rs 12 crore and is equipped with modern facilities, including air-conditioned rooms, waiting lounge, a cloak room, kitchen, pharmacy, dining areas and lifts.
To ensure 24×7 electricity supply, back-up generators are also being installed in the building spread over 40,000 sq feet. Besides, parking facility for around 40 four-wheelers has been provided in the basement of the building.
Rajnath Singh had laid the foundation stone for the building in September 2016. The land for the sarai was provided by the PGIMER and the construction work was done by Infosys limited while the UT Red Cross Society will run the sarai.
The Union Minister will also inaugurate the six-storey administrative block at the GMSH- 16 here. The GMSH-16 is the oldest hospital of the city which was constructed to cater a maximum of 3.5 lakh people. However, the number of patients have now increased manifold.
As per the UT Administration’s plan, the new administrative block have a record room in basement and other floors will have doctors’ rooms, the food licensing branch, accounts rooms, the Drug Controller’s office, offices of the Director Health Services, the Medical Superintendent and the Deputy Medical Superintendent.
Rajnath Singh is also scheduled to address a youth conclave organized by Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha at 2:15 pm at Chandigarh BJP office in Sector 33 here. Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher and city BJP president Sanjay Tandon will also address the youth conclave.