Nair Chowk Hospital will get MRI machine: CM
Himachal Pradesh: Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu held a meeting with senior Congress leaders from Mandi district at his residence here today to discuss various development projects. He emphasised the government’s focus on improving facilities at Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College and Hospital, Nair Chowk. He announced that an MRI machine would soon be installed at the hospital for patients requiring advanced diagnostic services. Sukhu told the leaders that Rajiv Gandhi Government Day Boarding Schools are being constructed in all the assembly constituencies in a phased manner and these would also be constructed in Mandi district.
He said the government is considering setting up separate divisions of the Public Works Department, Jal Shakti Department and Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited in each assembly constituency. The Chief Minister asked the leaders to disseminate information about the Mukhyamantri Sukh Shiksha Yojana, under which the government will bear the cost of education of children of widows. The leaders, who came from various constituencies of Mandi, apprised the Chief Minister of their priorities and urged him to include these in the budget for the next financial year. The leaders claimed that all constituencies of the district except Seraj were neglected during the previous BJP government. Those who attended the meeting included MLA Chandra Shekhar, former ministers Thakur Kaul Singh and Prakash Chaudhary, Mandi APMC chairman Sanjeev Guleria, former MLA Sohan Singh Thakur and Congress leaders Champa Thakur, Lal Singh Kaushal, Naresh Chauhan, Pawan Thakur, advocates Jeevan Thakur, Chet Ram Thakur and Mahesh Raj.
