An immediate recruitment of 400 nurses and 140 technicians at state government medical colleges has been ordered by Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday.
The CM reviewed the functioning of the Department of Medical Education and Research and said that he will write to the Centre for a direction to satellite centres of Chandigarh’s PGIMER and military hospitals in Punjab to provide additional COVID beds.
He has also directed the Medical Education and Research Department to expedite the college projects approved or in progress in the state so that Punjab is not left behind in the development of health infrastructure, an official statement said.
