On Thursday, Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and Member of Parliament Parneet Kaur laid the foundation stone of Punjabs first Ayush hospital in Dayalpura village of Mohali. Sidhu announced that the community health centre at Dhakoli will be improved to sub-divisional hospital very soon.

Speaking at the state-level inauguration event at Dayalpura, the health and family welfare minister said that the Ayush hospital is being set up with an objective to treat various diseases and promote healthy living in a natural way. The first-of-its-kind Ayush hospital in the state would be built over an area of more than 9 acres of land, which has been donated by a family of the village.

He said the 50-bedded hospital, which would provide health check-up and treatment services under Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and homeopathy medical systems, would be completed within one year and the estimated cost of the project is approximately Rs 7 crore.

Sidhu said that this is a valuable gift for the people of the state on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. As soon as the hospital is ready, people will not have to go to the southern states for naturopathy treatment of their diseases.

Complying with the long-pending demand of the residents of the area, Sidhu announced that the community health centre at Dhakoli near Zirakpur would shortly be advanced to a 50-bedded sub-divisional hospital, so that round-the-clock emergency services and specialist doctors services could be made available there. He said the decision has been taken in view of the growing population of the area.

Patiala MP Parneet Kaur thanked the Sodhi family of the villageat the event who has donated the land for the construction of hospital.

Source: ET Healthworld