Medical insurance scheme to be introduced in Haryana: Khattar

The requirement can be met only with expansion of medical education. The state government is working in a planned manner to set up medical colleges and universities, he said.

"A medical college is being set up in each district. The process to set up medical colleges in Jind and Bhiwani is underway. A medical science university would be established in Karnal and construction is underway on the 710-bedded National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar," Khattar said.

Rs 450 crore has been spent on the Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College. Presently, the hospital has 350 beds but it would be expanded to 650, he said.

State health minister Anil Vij said all-out efforts have been made to provide world class facilities in the Medical College.

He also said all hurdles had been cleared for setting up of a medical college by the SGPC, the apex religious body of the Sikhs, at Shahbad near Kurukshetra.

"The state government will spend Rs 26 crore on improving primary health centres in the state. As a result of the better health services being provided by the state government, the number of patients in OPDs has increased by 20 per cent," Vij said.