category Regional, patiala, , tags Regional, patiala, , DW BUREAU Patiala Ushering a new era of health revolution in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Monday dedicated first-of-its-kind Mata Kaushalya Hospital here. Equipped with ultra-modern facilities, this hospital will cater to the population of around 20 lakh people in and around Patiala. The hospital has 300 beds and now another 66 beds are being added. The hospital has been strengthened at a cost of Rs 13.8 crore and is equipped with facilities of ICU, NICU and others. Chief Minister Mann announced that Punjab has heralded a new revolution in the field of healthcare sector. He announced that emergency services will be operational in all hospitals within a year. He said the government is going to start electronic intensive care unit (eICU) system to provide critical health services. The Chief Minister said Aam Aadmi Clinics are acting as a cornerstone to revamp the healthcare system in the state. More than 59 lakh patients have been benefitted in such clinics so far. Mann added that in the larger interest of the public, the Aam Aadmi Clinic and CM Di Yogshala concept should be replicated all over India. The Chief Minister said that Rs 550-crore Sehatmand Mission Punjab has been launched for the well-being of the people. He will be made a frontrunner state in fields of education and healthcare services. Mann added that Sehatmand Mission Punjab will give a facelift to all the government hospitals across the state. He said that Sehatmand Punjab App has also been launched which will enable the people to locate nearby Aam Aadmi Cinics at the click of mobile. He said that the state government aims to start Ayush pharmacy in all government hospitals to provide free medicines to people like Aam Aadmi Clinics. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the day is not far when Punjab will emerge as a model state to provide quality medical treatment to people. He said that the medicines are being provided free of cost to the people in the Aam Aadmi Clinics set up across the state. He also announced that Punjab will be the first state in the country which is going to start patient facilitation centres in government hospitals. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that a NICU ward has been set up in the hospital after upgrading it and equipping it with the latest facilities. Lauding the Bhagwant Singh Mann led state government, the Delhi Chief Minister said that an era of Health revolution has started in the state. He said that the aim is to provide quality health services to the people of the state at free of cost. Arvind Kejriwal said that earlier the rich class had access to quality health services in private hospitals but now the common man will get all those facilities here. The Delhi Chief Minister said that like Aam Aadmi Clinics and Schools of Eminence these hospitals will also be multiplied across the state. He bemoaned that earlier the government hospitals in the state were dilapidated but now they are equipped with modern technology. Arvind Kejriwal said that these facilities have nothing to do with elections but the sole motive is to ensure public welfare. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister and Delhi Chief Minister also visited the various wards of the hospital and interacted with the people. During the interaction the patients and their family members expressed complete satisfaction over the facilities being offered in the government hospitals. They said that the facilities being provided at the government hospitals are much more than those at the private hospitals. (editor dailyworld.in)