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A new wing of the Government Medical College and Hospital was inaugurated by the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Gen. (Retd.) S F Rodrigues. Constructed at a cost of Rs 21 crore, Block-D of the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 is a five storey building covering a total area of 2,78,000 sq ft., [...]

Dr. P.P.S. Coonar, Joint Director, Research and Medical Education, Punjab has been given additional charge of Registrar of Punjab Pharmacy Council and he has taken over the charge today 21-11-2008. The previous Registrar, Pharmacy Council Sh. Parveen Kumar Bhardwaj has been relieved and sent back to his parent department, Director, Health Services, Punjab. Dr. P.P.S. [...]

All the district health officers have been asked to remain alert while tackling dengue cases all over the state. Stating this here today, Prof. Laxmi Kanta Chawla, Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab said that the Health department was all equipped to handle the emergency cases. Expressing concern over the reported causalities due to dengue [...]

In one of the biggest seizure of intoxicating drugs in the state, the Punjab health department today seized  habit forming scheduled drugs worth Rs.3O Lakhs from the shop  and godowns of Pawan Medicos of Pindi street Ludhiana.  During a raid conducted by a team headed by Mr. Bhag Singh State Drug Controller Punjab along with [...]

Gulzar Singh Ranike, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Diary Development, Sports, Youth Services, SC and BC Welfare, Punjab stated that the government has given a major relief to the poor diary farmers by making vaccination against Foot & Mouth Disease free for the their animals with immediate effect. A large number of diary farmers associations and even [...]

Tikshan Sud, Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab today issued strict warning to Private Medical / Dental/ Ayurvedic/Para Medical Colleges in the State to complete the infrastructure in their premises according to the
guidelines laid down by the concerned affiliating councils or be prepared to face strict action.
The Minister said that it was imperative for colleges [...]

Tikshan Sood, Medical Education & Research Minister Punjab while participating in the Ninth Conference of Central Council of Health & Family Welfare today pleaded to sanctioning Rs. 10 crore for establishment of New Ayurveda (AYUSH) University at Distt Hoshiarpur in Punjab. In the pattern of sanctioning of Rs.5 crore for the said purpose in Rajasthan [...]

Bikram Singh Majithia Minister for Water Supply, Sanitation and Information &  Public Relations Punjab has disclosed that the State  government has formed a high level committee based upon Senior Doctors of PGI to conduct the comprehensive survey to identify the areas, where the under ground drinking water has been reported to be  polluted  and to [...]

In a determined attempt to curb the “organized corruption” by way of exchanging Diwali Gifts, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister, Lakshmi Kanta Chawla has engaged the services of detective agencies to keep a close watch on the residences of senior officers of health department and also doctors of various levels posted in the field.
The [...]

The first meeting of the State Health Review Committee was held at Circuit House, Amritsar today under the chairmanship of Dr. J.S. Bajaj, Vice-Chairman, Punjab State Planning Board. The Committee had been constituted in September 2007 by the Chief Minister Punjab to assess the achievements of the World Bank aided project Punjab Health Systems [...]

A new medical college would be set up near Pathankot. The proposed college, to be in the private sector, would provide health care facilities to the people in the backward area which had been neglected so far in this regard.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting between the Punjab Chief Minister Mr.Parkash [...]

Baba Farid University of Medial Sciences Faridkot has submitted a detailed proposal to the government of India, Department of Health and Family Welfare for setting up of oncology wing/radiotherapy unit at Guru Gobind Singh Medical college and Hospital Faridkot under NCCP Scheme.
Meanwhile in a communiqué on behalf of Punjab Government Mr. Jagjit Puri, Secretary Medical [...]

Escorts Heart and Super Specialty Institute a premiere hospital in health care added another feather in the institute’s list of achievements with the grant of accreditation to it by the National Board of Examinations (NBE), for academic activity.
The NBE —a premier medical body for academic activity under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of [...]

The Punjab Government would launch Bhai Ghanaihya Sehat Sewa Scheme from September 1, 2007, to provide quality medical treatment to the members of all the Cooperative Societies of the state.
This decision was taken in a meeting of Bhai Ghanhya Trust held here under the chairmanship of Punjab Cooperation Minister Capt. Kanwaljit Singh. Capt. Singh informed [...]

Chandigarh today saw the inauguration of the first ever condom bar at Kalagram’s Baithak.
The logo of Condom Bar has been specially designed in such a manner that it incorporates the international red ribbon visual symbol which is often used for AIDS awareness and prevention thereof. The Condom Bar will serve normal beverages like liquor, beer [...]

The district authorities have been put up high alert in view of outbreak of jaundice in some areas of the State. This was announced here today by Sh. Ramesh Inder Singh, Chief Secretary, Punjab.
Addressing a high level meeting of the departments of Health and Family Welfare, Local Government, Water Supply and Sanitation officers to take [...]

To check the unethical sale of habit forming drugs by Chemists in the State, a series of joint raids have been conducted on the directions of Mrs. Lakshmi Kanta Chawla Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab by the State Drug Controller Sh. Bhag Singh and Licensing Authority, Sh. Pardeep Kumar on 5 th, 6th and [...]

Lakshmi Kanta Chawla, Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab has taken a serious view of the death of a 35 year old woman after a tubectomy procedure allegedly went wrong at General Hospital Jallandhar two days back.
Making it a time-bound, the minister said that the Civil Surgeon has already been [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Parkash Singh Badal declared that the Ludhiana rally of Traders, Industrialist, shopkeepers and urban citizens would take place on January 9 instead of 7. This rally is being planned jointly by SAD and BJP at New Grain Market, Salem Tabri, Ludhiana.
The SAD President Mr. Parkash Singh Badal recently had [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP today called upon the President Dr. A.P.J. Kalam to draw his attention to ‘the dangerous and continued neglect of the state farmers both by the national policy makers and the state government, as shown in the exclusion of Punjab from the Rs.17000 crore package announced by the Union government [...]

The Punjab Sports Department organized various sports events throughout the state today to mark the 101th birthday of hockey legend Dhyan Chand Singh. A large number of Olympians, internationals, national and state players enthusiastically took part in the celebrations at the state level and district level functions. The Union Government has declared 29th August as [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal urged the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh to take the issue of racial discrimination in Saudi Arabia seriously and to ensure that the Sikh Doctor Charanjit Singh working in Athria Medical Centre, Riyadh is freed by his employer and allowed to come back to India at the earliest.
A [...]