CM lays foundation stone of medical college in Bhiwani

Deepender Deswal

Tribune News Service

Prem Nagar (Bhiwani), July 29

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today urged the Centre to set up an institute like the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state.

He was at Prem Nagar village to lay the foundation stone of Government Medical College. He said the state had been facing shortage of doctors. “The state government has finalised a plan to establish 19 medical colleges. The work on these projects is likely to begin before the end of the present tenure,” said Khattar.

Union Health Minister JP Nadda was also present on the occasion.

“As per the international healthcare standards, with a population of 1.7 crore, Haryana requires over 27,000 doctors, but we have over 12,000 of them, including private practitioners,” he said. He urged Nadda to set up an AIIMS in Haryana.

The Union Health Minister said the Centre had provided a grant of Rs 150 crore to PGIMS at Rohtak for setting up a superspeciality block on the campus. “Besides, two tertiary cancer centres are being established in Mewat and Mahendragarh districts at a cost of Rs 45 crore,” said Nadda.

Woman, daughter create ruckus in front of Khattar

A woman and her daughter created a ruckus in front of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar who was here on Saturday to lay the foundation stone of a medical college. Shakuntala, widow of Sher Singh who was shot dead in the court complex in Bhiwani in May, alleged that the police had failed to arrest her husband’s killers. She, along with her teenaged daughter, tried to move towards the stage when policewomen caught hold of her. She was dragged out of the meeting venue. The police took her to the police station in a vehicle. Police sources said she was booked for creating disturbance at the programme. Shakuntala had alleged that seven of the 12 accused in her husband’s murder case were still roaming free.