Bathinda, Aug 24 (UNI) Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday performed the ground breaking ceremony of the prestigious Rs 925 crore AIIMS, Bathinda project by laying the first brick to signal start of construction of the medical college-cum hospital which is set to revolutionise health care services in the Malwa region of Punjab.
Ms Badal, who also planted an Amaltas sapling at the project site on the occasion, said today was a historic day for the people of Bathinda and the most important day of her life and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making AIIMS, Bathinda a reality.
While presiding over a function at the project site, Ms Badal said, “I have decided to start construction work as I cannot tolerate any further delay in provision of medical services to the poor and needy people. Let the State government stop the construction if it so wants. It is not my AIIMS. This hospital is needed for treating the poor. It is these people whom the Congress government will have to confront if it tries to rob them of their right to advance medical care, including cancer treatment”.