Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, July 13: Contin-uing Government’s endeavour to further strengthen health infrastructure in the remote areas of the State, Minister for Housing, Horticulture, Culture, Youth Services and Sports Raman Bhalla on Sunday laid foundation stone of Rs. 3.27 crore Primary Health Centre (PHC) building at Chatta village in Sunjawan.
Director Health Services Dr. Baljeet Pathania, Managing Director JKHB Ram Paul Sharma besides other senior officers of PHE, PDD, R&B, Health, UEED and School Education accompanied the Minister.
Addressing a public meeting after laying foundation stone of PHC, the Minister said that Government has accorded focused attention to health sector and during the past five and half years, a substantial improvement in the overall scenario has been registered.
With the initiation of timely and corrective measures by the Government, the Health Department has touched new heights, he maintained.
Appreciating the performance of the employees of the Health Department, Mr. Bhalla said that everyone has understood their role and put in their best efforts in providing best possible medicare facilities to the ailing persons.
Congratulating the people of this remotest pocket of Jammu city for getting the new hospital building, the Minister said that the hospital will be equipped with all essential and requisite facilities with the services of different specialties and twelve-bed capacity. The Government has already sanctioned posts of doctors and para-medics for this newly established PHC which will be completed within a period of one year by the Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board (JKHB).
For providing transport services in shifting of ailing patient of Chatta and its adjoining areas to the city hospitals for treatment, Mr. Bhalla announced Rs. 20 lakh fully air-conditioned ambulance.
Responding to people’s demands, the Minister assured that upgradation of Middle School Rati Salarian as High School will be examined on priority and all out efforts will be made to fulfil the demand.
Regarding construction of Beermeni-Bathindi road and Doongian-Bathindi road, Mr. Bhalla informed the people that the roads are under progress on war-footing and nearing the stage of blacktopping, adding that for this purpose Government has earmarked Rs. 4 crore.
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