Punjab Will Soon Be A Frontrunner State In Power, Employment, Education, And Health Sectors: CM Mann

Chandigarh June 7 (TNA) Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that after assuming the charge of office his government has laid a major thrust on power, employment, education, and health sectors. He further said that complete transformation has taken place in these sectors during the last year. Bhagwant Mann said that no stone will be left unturned in making Punjab a frontrunner state in these sectors.

He was addressing the gathering at Kharar on after dedicating the 35th mother and child care center to the people within a year. The Chief Minister envisioned that this newly constructed hospital for Rs 8 crore will act as a catalyst to impart quality health care to pregnant women and newly born children. He said that the move is aimed to ensure that people get quality health services in these hospitals.

Bhagwant Mann said that so far 35 hospitals have been dedicated out of a total of 45 to the people in the last year adding that more such hospitals will be constructed across the state in the coming days. The Chief Minister asserted that 584 Aam Aadmi Clinics are now operational in the state to offer free healthcare services to people adding he said that 75-100 more clinics will be dedicated to the people in the coming days.

Bhagwant Mann said that these clinics have already proved to be a cornerstone in imparting quality health services to people. He said that equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure, these clinics are providing world-class treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people free of cost adding that so far 31.19 lakh patients from across the state have benefited from these Aam Aadmi clinics which are offering around 41 types of diagnostics tests along with free medicines to people.