Mohali medical college named after Dr. Ambedkar
Chandigarh, March 8, 2021 : Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has announced to rename Medical college at Mohali after name of Dr. BR Ambedkar.
He informed house that at present recruitment of staff is undergoing and first batch will start from this year only.
He also said that Rs. 65 crore will be allocated for the construction of 8 New Maternal and Child Health wings at Sub-Divisional hospitals of Talwandi Sabo, Nabha, Patti and Derabassi, District Hospitals of Muktsar and Gurdaspur and CHCs of Bhawanigarh & Raikot and Rs. 57 crore towards the completion of the construction work of the 9 Maternal and Child Health Wings proposed in our last year's budget.
He said that apart from it Rs. 55 crore is being provisioned to provide for additional beds at the existing MCH wings at District Hospitals of Ludhiana, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Bathinda and Barnala with a target of completing atleast 50% by March 2022. Also, Rs. 11 crore has been provisioned for construction of 3 new Drug warehouses of 1,500 sqm each at the MCH Wings in Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur & Sangrur.