Cricketer-turned-MP Harbhajan Singh meets Khattar, seeks PGI satellite centre for Punjab’s Talwara
If the demand is met, the people of this region will not have to travel to distant cities for treatment, Harbhajan tells the minister
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Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh met Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar amidst the ongoing Budget Session and sought the opening of a PGI satellite centre in Talwara town of Hoshiarpur.
The social media team of the MP posted a picture of his meeting with Khattar on Tuesday evening. During the meeting, Harbhajan is learnt to have apprised Khattar that since Talwara falls in a location that is close to Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, people of these states, besides those of Punjab, would benefit from the facility. "The people of this region will not have to travel to distant cities such as Chandigarh for treatment," he said.
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Residents of this area have been demanding a good government health facility in the town for a long time. They have even approached local leaders and politicians for this demand.
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