{"id":57633,"date":"2025-12-24T19:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=57633"},"modified":"2025-12-24T19:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:12:42","slug":"rs-69-crore-upgrade-to-four-major-medical-colleges-in-punjab-mann-government-committed-to-improving-punjabs-healthcare-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/rs-69-crore-upgrade-to-four-major-medical-colleges-in-punjab-mann-government-committed-to-improving-punjabs-healthcare-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Rs 69 crore upgrade to four major Medical colleges in Punjab; Mann government committed to improving Punjab&#8217;s healthcare infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Punjab News:<\/span> In order to provide quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people in the Medical Colleges, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has ordered immediate release of funds worth \u20b968.98 crore to give a facelift to premier Medical Colleges of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Chairing a review meeting of the Medical Education and Research Department here today, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said, \u201cAugmenting the facilities in these Medical colleges of the state was the need of the hour to ensure quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people. To equip these Medical colleges with hi-end and world class machinery is imperative so that they can serve the patients in a better manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister asked the Medical Education department to immediately issue \u20b968.98 crore to the four medical colleges in the state to upgrade the facilities. He further said that \u20b926.53 crore should be promptly issued to Government Medical College Amritsar, \u20b928.51 crore to Government Medical College Patiala, \u20b99.43 crore to Dr BR Ambedkar Institute of Medical Sciences SAS Nagar (Mohali) and \u20b94.51 crore to PGI Satellite Centre, Ferozepur. \u201cThese funds should be duly utilised for development works in the Medical Colleges along with procuring latest machinery and equipment in the larger public interest,\u201d noted the Chief Minister.<\/p>\n<p>CM Bhagwant Singh Mann reiterated the firm commitment of his government to emerge the state as a hub of \u2018Medical Education\u2019 across the globe adding that this will give further boost to treatment and diagnostic facilities.The Chief Minister batted that these works in the medical colleges should be completed in a time bound and prompt manner so that better health facilities are made available to the people at affordable rates. \u201cPunjab has a glorious legacy of producing world class Doctors across the globe and even today a large number of students pursue the medical education to become qualified doctors. The Punjab government is duty bound to provide quality medical education in these medical colleges so that students pursuing medical education are immensely benefited,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister said that the sole aim of giving facelift to these medical colleges is to ensure that people are able to get quality health services in these colleges and hospitals. \u201cThis will go a long way in ensuring the well being of the common people by ensuring quality medical facilities in these premier colleges. The Punjab government is committed to this noble cause and no stone will be left unturned for this noble cause,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab News: In order to provide quality treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people in the Medical Colleges, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has ordered immediate release of funds worth \u20b968.98 crore to give a facelift to premier Medical Colleges of the state. 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