UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria has sought ₹ 2,000 crore from the Centre for the proposed Chandigarh Regional Medical Hub and 36 additional postgraduate medical seats for the city’s medical college, as part of efforts to strengthen public healthcare infrastructure.
The proposed medical hub is planned as a major tertiary and super-speciality healthcare facility to serve patients from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and neighbouring areas. Kataria raised the demands during a meeting with Union health and family welfare minister JP Nadda in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The project envisages a 1,000-bed facility in Sector 53, comprising a 500-bed centre for women and child healthcare and another 500-bed centre for super-speciality care, including emergency and trauma services. It will also include academic and research facilities, postgraduate medical education infrastructure, laboratories and allied facilities. Push for education, drug de-addiction initiatives With Union home minister Amit Shah, Kataria discussed efforts to make the city drug-free, with emphasis on de-addiction, rehabilitation, skill development and employment opportunities for people recovering from substance abuse.
