Visits State Cancer Institute, GMC
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 2: Jammu Mayor, Rajinder Sharma today inaugurated the parking facility at Bahu Fort area which will incur an expenditure of Rs. 1.5 crore and will have a capacity to park 36 vehicles.
This work is a part of Bahu Fort Project for the development of entire circuit adjoining the Bawe Wali Mata temple.
The Mayor said that other things in the vision document of the project included-entry gates en-route the shrine, landscaping and beautification works along the canal on road leading to the shrine, planting of trees on the way, macdamisation of road, construction of walkways, footpaths, smart drainage system, placing of telescope etc to further uplift the otherwise neglected vital place of Jammu.
The parking place will be a big development in the area as many vehicles were stolen from the area in absence of the facility.
Sham Bassoon, JMC Councillor, other staff of JMC and locals were also present on the occasion.
Mayor later visited State Cancer Institute and Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and met the patients there.
He enquired of well being of the patients and asked them to contact him or Medical Superintendent of GMC or Principal GMC in case of any problem.
He also checked the availability of Jan Ashudi vends in these hospitals and stressed on availing benefits of these shops as medicines with same salts are sold at exorbitant prices by different companies and those with same salts are available at Jan Ashudi vends with meagre amount.
The Mayor said that Ayushman Card has helped people a lot in getting costly medical treatment upto Rs. 5 lakh free of cost.
The patients informed that Ayushman Card is playing a vital role in their treatment and thanked PM Modi for this initiative.
The Mayor said that he has talked to Secretary Health and Medical Education that the doctors should prescribe medicines not as per the name of the company but by the salts.
GMC Principal, Dr. Shashi Sudan informed the Mayor that a CRPF camp at the hospital premises be shifted so that a parking place can be made in the area and a high mast light should be installed there as many drug addicts are active there.
The high mast light was also demanded at State Cancer Institute along with a Tricolor Flag and street lights from GMC and Super Speciality Hospital (SSH).
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