Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various health sector projects worth ₹100 crore at a state-level programme organised in Panchkula.
Saini inaugurated 30 health institutions built at a cost of ₹22.3 crore and laid the foundation stone of 16 health institutions, which will be built at a cost of ₹21.5 crore. Apart from this, he laid the foundation stone of a rest house at the Sonepat district civil hospital, which will be built at a cost of ₹6.45 crore.
Saini also laid the foundation stone of Shakti Parivar Clinics in 23 district hospitals, which will be built at a cost of ₹0.34 crore per year, among other projects.
Saini said that the state government is working to provide high-end diagnostic facilities in each district. “Last year, through the public-private partnership (PPP) model, about two lakh dialysis sessions, 1.65 lakh CT scans, 70,000 MRI scans, 36,000 eco-cardiographies, and thousands of coronary angiograms and stent implants were done in the state,” he said.
The CM said that last year, the recruitment of 777 medical officers was completed, and the recruitment of 450 medical officers is in its final stage. “There were only six medical colleges in Haryana in 2014, but now the number has increased to 17,” he said. Haryana health minister Arti Singh Rao and women and child development minister Shruti Choudhry were also present on the occasion.
{{/usCountry}}The CM said that last year, the recruitment of 777 medical officers was completed, and the recruitment of 450 medical officers is in its final stage. “There were only six medical colleges in Haryana in 2014, but now the number has increased to 17,” he said. Haryana health minister Arti Singh Rao and women and child development minister Shruti Choudhry were also present on the occasion.
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