PUNJAB CM CALLS FOR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION IN STATE

• ANNOUNCES MOVE TO CONVERT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES INTO HEALTHCARE CENTRES FOR MEDICAL SCANNING OF KIDS

CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday called for collective efforts by all sections of the society to bring Punjab back on the path of development.
Addressing a select gathering of healthcare luminaries at the launch of The Tribune coffee table book, `Doyens of Healthcare’ , Captain Amarinder expressed the confidence that his government would succeed in bringing the state out of the mess it had inherited from the previous regime. He exhorted the media and other members of the society to join hands with the government in enabling fast-track growth and development of the state.
The Chief Minister formally launched the coffee table book before presenting excellence awards to several noted healthcare experts who have contributed to the promotion of the sector and played an important role in facilitating the health welfare of the people.
  His government, said Captain Amarinder, was also investing in the existing medical colleges in Patiala and Amritsar besides setting up a new medical college in Mohali to boost healthcare. Stressing the need for a medical college in Malwa region, the Chief Minister said his government was looking into ways and means of setting up more high-end medical institutions in the state.
Regardless of the problems faced by the state, Captain Amarinder said he was confident that Punjab would once again lead the nation in development. His government was striving to ensure that Punjab’s education system is at par with states like Himachal Pradesh and healthcare quality is at the level of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Tribune Editor-in-Chhief Harish Khare, on his part, assured Captain Amarinder that his organisation stood with the government in every positive step it takes for the development of Punjab.