Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Bathinda district of Punjab last week. The 750-bed hospital and institute will be built at a cost of £92.5 million and spread over 200 acres of land. Also present on the occasion were Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister and Punjab BJP Chief Vijay Sampla, among others. The project will cater to people in Bathinda, Mansa and Sangrur districts, where cases of cancer and other diseases are prevalent.