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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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