Punjab Government transfers 4 key health facilities to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences
The university is authorised to hire its own doctors and staff to ensure smooth operations
In an administrative move, the state government has ordered full transfer of four major health institutions to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot. The decision, approved by the Council of Ministers, aims to integrate these facilities with medical education and research.
Institutions involved in the transfer are Civil Hospital, Badal, Muktsar, Civil Hospital, Sri Khadur Sahib, Tarn Taran district, Community Health Centre, Jalalabad, and Tertiary Cancer Care Centre, Fazilka district.
These facilities are now under the jurisdiction of the BFUHS.
The transfer includes several conditions to ensure the continuity of healthcare services and staff management.
As per orders received here today, the BFUHS will now cover all expenses for these institutions, including salaries and general administration.
The doctors and staff will remain under the Department of Health and Family Welfare. They will eventually be redeployed to other locations according to the department policy, ensuring that their seniority and cadre management remain unaffected.
The university is authorised to hire its own doctors and staff to ensure smooth operations. It also gains control over all buildings, machinery, and existing equipment.
The BFUHS is permitted to use these facilities for medical education, research and to start new courses. The university must ensure that these institutions always maintain health services equivalent to a 100-bed hospital for the general public. User charges must also align with existing state government patterns, read the orders.
Despite the transfer, the state government will continue to provide funds for national and state-level welfare programmes, such as the Janani Suraksha Yojana and Mata Kaushalya Yojana, reads the orders and notification issued by Kumar Rahul, Principal Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Department of Health and Family Welfare.
