Mai Daultan’s name missing from Tarn Taran Civil Hospital board, residents fume
Tarn Taran, July 14
Sikh sentiments were hurt as the name of Mai Daultan was found missing from the board installed outside the 50-bed mother-child ward building in the local Civil Hospital here on Tuesday. The hospital was inaugurated by the Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday.
He said to mark the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab Government had decided to name the 37 Mother and Child Healthcare (MCH) wards in the state after Mai Daultan, who took care of Guru Nanak Dev at the time of his birth. The minister had also said that it would be an appropriate tribute to Mai Daultan to name the wards after her.
Virsa Singh Valtoha, SAD district president and party spokesperson, said the government had cheated the Sikh community as it had failed to fulfil its own announcement for which the Chief Minister and Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu should regret. — OC
