Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Mohali on Wednesday. While addressing the occasion PM Modi said the Central government is making “record investments” to strengthen healthcare services.
PM Modi said, “The healthcare services are being strengthened on six fronts. The first front is encouraging prevention healthcare. The second one is opening small and modern hospitals. The third front is opening big institutes of medical colleges and research. The fourth front is increasing the number of doctors and paramedical staff in the country. The fifth one is to make medicines available to patients at cheap rates and affordable medical equipment. The sixth is lessening the patients’ problems using technology. The Centre is making record investments in these six fronts.”
Since 2014 center has prioritized holistic healthcare and PM Modi said the country’s healthcare can only be strengthened “only when” the hospitals provide solutions to problems.
“When the people of India will get modern hospitals and facilities for treatment, then they will get well sooner, and their energy will be channeled in the right direction,” PM Modi added.
PM Modi said, “The meaning of a good healthcare system is not constructing only 4-sided walls. The healthcare system of any country is strengthened only when it provides a solution to problems. Holistic healthcare has been placed among the top priorities in the country in the last eight years.”
PM Modi further added that in the past eight years a lot of work has been done in the healthcare sector and has not been done even in the last 70 years.
“We recently have taken a pledge to make India a developed country. To make India a developed nation, it’s important to develop its health services. When the people of India will get modern hospitals and facilities for treatment, then they will get well sooner, and their energy will be channeled in the right direction. The country has got an advanced hospital in the form of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre,” PM Modi said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated ‘Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre’ to the Nation in Punjab’s Mohali district on Wednesday. At the inauguration of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was also present. Mann also feliilated PM Modi.
Moreover, the cancer Hospital is equipped with modern facilities and has a capacity of 30-beds. However, PM Modi is on a one-day visit to Haryana and Punjab.