Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib, July.29, 2020: Dr Amar Singh MP Fatehgarh Sahib called upon the Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardan and demanded that the Union Government should sanction a medical college for Fatehgarh Sahib Constituency.
MP said that he told the Minister that Fatehgarh Sahib is the most historical and religious district of the State, where two Younger Sahibjadas of Guru Gobind Singh Ji were bricked alive, Roza Sharif considered next to Mecca of Muslims and Mata Chakreshwari Devi Temple only temple of Janis in the country and has also historical importance. He further told that the constituency also encompasses some important industrial and commercial centers, like Mandi Gobindgarh, north India’s largest centre for steel re-rolling and trading, Khanna, Asia’s largest agricultural mandi and one of the main hubs of cattle feed industry in North India, Sahnewal, the largest cluster of MSME industry in Punjab.
MP stressed that Mandi Gobindgarh, Khanna and Sahnewal employ lakhs of Punjabi and migrant labour. Despite this the constituency is among the very few in Punjab without a medical college. This leads to massive pressure and a complete flow of cases to PGI Chandigarh. The lack of a medical college is causing great inconvenience and unbearable financial burden on poor families.
He requested the Minister to sanction a medical college for Fatehgarh Sahib Constituency under Union Health Ministry’s existing scheme for setting up medical colleges in underserved areas.
He said that the Minister assured him to look into the matter.