By Tricity News
Chandigarh
16th April:- Giving a major fillip to his
government’s drive to strengthen the state’s healthcare facilities, Punjab
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday flagged off
nine hi-tech ambulances, equipped with world-class equipment, from Mohali.
The Chief Minister lauded the efforts of Rajya Sabha MP Ambika
Soni, who had procured the ambulances from MPLAD Funds for the nine segments of
Sri Anandpur Sahib Parliamentary Constituency, which includes Mohali.
Urging other Congress MPs to emulate Ambika’s pro-poor
initiative, the Chief Minister said such initiatives would go a long way in
improving the health services in the state, which had witnessed significant
strengthening of health infrastructure in the past one year. He cited the
decline in the number of fatal road accidents to point out that timely on-road
medical assistance through such ambulances can significantly cut down on
fatalities.
Captain Amarinder Singh said his government was working on the
upgradation of health services in Mohali, which had emerged as a major
industrial and IT hub.
Speaking at the event, Ambika Soni described the ambulances as
her humble contribution towards the Chief Minister's mission to provide the
best health and medical services to the people at affordable cost. She also
urged her colleagues to undertake similar endeavours to ensure quality health
for all.
While three ambulances will cater to the needs of the people of
Rupnagar, two have been earmarked for SAS Nagar, three for Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Nagar and one for Hoshiarpur.
The ambulances are equipped with ABS interiors, foot operated
hand wash system & wash basin, inverter, emergency light bar with siren
& public address system, oxygen cylinder trolley for loading 2D type oxygen
cylinders & side door for accessing oxygen cylinders (without oxygen
cylinders), analog oxygen delivery system besides auto loader stretcher trolley
with floor mounting mechanism.
In his address, Health & Family Welfare Minister Brahm
Mohindra appreciated the Chief Minister for his personal efforts in getting the
Mohali Government medical college approved from the Centre. He said the
previous SAD-BJP regime did not pursue the college proposal effectively, and in
fact, the then Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had explicitly stated
the state government's inability in this regard on the relevant file.
Reiterating the Congress government's commitment to set up five
new medical colleges in the state, Mohindra said that a beginning had been made
from Mohali and the plans for the remaining four would also be realised soon.
On the occasion, Mohindra joined the Chief Minister in reviewing the plans for
the Mohali medical college.
Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion were
Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Media Advisor to CM Raveen
Thukral, Principal Secretary to CM Tejveer Singh, MLA Mohali Balbir Singh
Sidhu, MLA Nawanshahar Angad Singh Saini, MLA Hoshiarpur Shayam Sundar Arora,
MLA Balachaur Chaudhary Darshan Lal, Former Ministers Jagmohan Singh Kang and
Ramesh Dutt Sharma, Principal Secretary Health Anjali Bhawra, Mission Director
NRHM Varun Roojam and Deputy Commissioner SAS Nagar Gurpreet Kaur Sapra.
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