Chandigarh, March 20: Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr Madan Mohan Mittal today said that the Punjab Government was fully committed to provide world class health facilities across the state.
Revealing this here today, while assuming the office at Punjab Civil Secretariat, Mr Mittal said that vacant posts in the health department would be filled on priority basis under a special plan. He added that to ensure the presence of Doctors and other staff in hospitals and primary health centers especially in villages, a special drive would be launched soon.
Adding further he said that medicines would be provided to common man on reasonable prices and for that the process of purchase of medicines, would be made more transparent. He said that a special cell would be created to seek valuable suggestions from all over the state to improve the health facilities.
Prominent amongst present on the occasion included cabinet ministers Mr Bhagat Chunni Lal and Mr Anil Joshi, Mr Ashwani Sharma, Mr Manoranjan Kalia, Mr K.D.Bhandari M.L.As, Mr Tikshan Sud, Mr Kamal Sharma, Mr Balram ji Das Tandon, Mr Baldev Raj Chawla and Mr Manjit Singh Rai.