category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said that work is being carried out to make Haryana a model state in the country in the field of health services, in which Construction of civil hospitals, treatment with state-of-the-art medical facilities, reconstruction of 162 PHCs, services of ECG machine upto PHC level, X-ray machine, e-treatment facility along with other medical facilities are included. The Health Minister was addressing gathering after laying the foundation stone of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay State Tuberculosis and Cardio-Respiratory Disease Institute in Ambala city today. On this occasion, MLA of Ambala city Mr. Asim Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department Dr. G. Anupama, Director General of Health Services, Mrs. Sonia Trikha were present. Congratulating on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the institute, Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that this will not only be a TB hospital but a TB Institute, for which we have laid the foundation stone today. This hospital will be equipped with all the modern medical facilities, which will include all the laboratories and other medical facilities under one roof. There will be a provision of 2 ICUs in this hospital, in which one ICU will be related to TB and one ICU related to non-TB. He said that the nearby districts and other states will also benefit from TB Institute and this institute will be the first of its kind. He said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to make TB free by 2025. He also said that the number of TB patients is approximately 63 thousand. The health department is continuously working to get rid of this disease. Social organizations are also working for such patients through Nikshay Mitra. On this occasion, MLA Aseem Goyal took a pledge to help 51 such TB patients through Nikshay Mitra and expressed his gratitude for the same. He also said that there is no dearth of donors, they should come forward voluntarily and help such people and get their names registered through the online process. More and more people should come forward and play their role in this work, inspire not only the people of Ambala but also other districts for this noble cause. Health Minister Anil Vij said that work for expansion of health services is not only being done in Ambala city and Ambala Cantonment but work is being done in the entire Haryana. Talking about Ambala city, construction of 100 bed to 200 bed hospital, construction of PHC in Nanyaula, construction of CHC in Choudmastpur along with others are included. Medical facilities are continuously being improved in Haryana. Construction work of hospitals is being done in Yamunanagar, Shahbad, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Bahadurgarh and Multi speciality hospital will be built in Gurugram. In Haryana, 162 PHCs has been identified for reconstruct. Vij said that those times are gone when there were dilapidated buildings, only fans and toilet facilities. If we want a good medical system, then the infrastructure and other facilities should also be better, for which we are continuously working. He said that Ambala Cantonment Civil Hospital is the best hospital in North India, along with this the facility of Atal Cancer Care Center is available here. He also said that there is no shortage of funds in Manohar Lal s government in the state. The cancer hospital will be expanded so that along with the patients, the attendants can also get accommodation. We are determined to provide better medical facilities in civil hospitals all over Haryana. (editor dailyworld.in)