Mansukh Mandaviya holds meeting with PGIMER Director, others
Chandigarh: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya made his first visit to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh as the president of the institution, and held a closed door meeting with the officiating director Prof Surjit Singh and other senior faculty on Sunday.
He was accompanied by Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur.
According to a recent media report in Times of India, the minister was shown a presentation about the achievements made by the institute. After over two hours, the Mandaviya visited the advanced trauma centre, which witnesses highest inflow of patients from the nearby states and union territories of Himachal , Haryana, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir on a daily basis.
Further, the minister asked the doctors and patients to send them feedback required for the improvement of the hospital.
An official of PGI told the daily, "He spoke with some of the patients in the advanced trauma centre and asked about the problems. The faculty also apprised him about the patient load which was already known to him." He added, "The minister asked the faculty to generate ideas for affordable healthcare."
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