Punjab : Door to door diagnostic services on cards said Parkash Singh Badal

The CM said this project has been completed in its stipulated time frame at a cost of Rs 400 crore.

Badal envisioned the institute to be a hub of quality cancer treatment on par with the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

He said the state government has made concerted efforts to provide quality cancer treatment facilities at Amritsar, Patiala, Faridkot, Sangrur and other districts of the state. The state government has disbursed Rs 401 crore to around 32,000 patients for the treatment at the empanelled cancer hospitals under Chief Minister's cancer relief fund, Badal said.

He said that for the first time a health insurance of Rs 50,000 has been started for the people and very soon around 2000 medical stores would be opened across the state for providing free medicines to chronic patients.

Later on sidelines of function, the Chief Minister said that the announcement of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to equate election manifesto with scriptures has "deeply bruised" the psyche of every countryman.

Badal said that the apology being offered by AAP leaders on this issue was of no use as it could not undo the damage done by them.