Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

per month is given to the couples(non-income tax payee) who go for terminal method of
family planning after the birth of first and second female child (no male child) till the child
attains the age of 18 years. The number of institutional deliveries in government hospitals
has increased by 3 times to 1.20 lakh in 2011-12. To further encourage institutional
deliveries, Rs. 1000 cash assistance would be provided to all mothers for institutional
deliveries in government hospitals under “Mata Kaushalaya Kalyan Scheme”.
142. The state government has constructed one State Level Drug Dependence
Treatment Centre at Amritsar and one Drug De-addiction Centre at Civil Hospital Talwandi
Sabo. Drug de-addiction centres have already been set-up in 7 district hospitals at a cost of
Rs. 5 crore and the remaining district hospitals would be covered during the year 2011-12.
The state government for the first time has notified rules for drug dependence treatment
centres and licensing of privately run drug de-addiction centres has been made compulsory
with effect from 19/1/2011 for new centres and with effect from 19/4/2011 for the existing
ones.
143. All the three Government Medical Colleges and Baba Farid University of
Health Sciences are being upgraded at a cost of Rs. 284 crore and the works are likely to be
completed by 2011-12. The funds for Amritsar Medical College have come under Pradhan
Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna(PMSSY) while the funds for the remaining two institutions
would come entirely from the state government. A new Ayurvedic University is being set up
at Hoshiarpur.
144. The state government has taken a number of measures to tackle the menace of
cancer in the state. Fully equipped Cancer Diagnostic and Treatment Centres are being set in
the three Medical Colleges of Amritsar, Faridkot and Patiala. Besides, a new state of the art
Cancer Treatment Centre is being set up at Bathinda at a cost of Rs. 26 crore. We have also
created a Cancer Relief Fund amounting to Rs. 20 crore for cash assistance to cancer patients
belonging to economically weaker families. Besides, two Super Specialty Hospitals are being
set up at Bathinda and SAS Nagar in collaboration with the MAX Healthcare Limited. These
two hospitals would have treatment facilities for all specialties including cancer. The state
government has requested GoI to set up a national level Super Speciality Diagnostic and
Treatment Institute for cancer.
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