Punjab Budget: Govt to set up 2 new medical colleges, 8 maternal and child health wings

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 8

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday presented the state budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly.

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For the health sector, Badal announced the following schemes:

• Eight new maternal and child health wings will be set up in subdivisional hospitals at Talwandi Sabo, Nabha, Patti, Dera Bassi Muktsar, Gurdaspur, Bhawanigarh and Raikot. 
• Rs 92 crore allocated for up-gradation of Government Medical College, Patiala 
• Two new medical colleges and hospital will be set up at Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur, entailing an expenditure of Rs 650 crore.
• A unit of Tata Memorial Hospital at Mullanpur to be completed using Rs 450 crore
• Virology centres will be set up at the Government Medical College Amritsar and the National Institute of Virology at Mohali.
  
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