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

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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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