Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and Ferozepur MP Sukhbir Badal on Monday urged the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to speed up the establishment of 100-bedded PGI Satellite Centre in the border district of Ferozepur.
Sukhbir, who met the Union Minister and also submitted a memorandum to him on the issue, informed Dr Harsh Vardhan that the project had got mired in bureaucratic hurdles. He gave the example of the Satellite Centre for Sangrur which had already taken off despite being passed along with the Ferozepur Centre.
Stating that the project had become a casualty of procedural wrangling, Sukhbir urged the Union Minister to take necessary steps to lay the foundation stone of the project at the earliest. “Following this, work on the project should start without any further delay”, he added.
Sukhbir also brought it to the Union Minister’s notice that establishment of the Satellite Centre was a vital need of the people of Ferozepur adding that the people found it very difficult to traverse to the PGIMER Chandigarh for specialized healthcare services.