Chandigarh: Preparations are in full swing ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the border town of Ferozepur on January 5 for laying the foundation stone for PGIMER’s Satellite Center at Ferozepur.
Banwari Lal Purohit, Governor of Punjab, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Charanjit Singh Channi, Chief Minister of Punjab will also have their august presence at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the PGIMER’ Satellite Center by the Prime Minister scheduled to take place at 1.00 pm on Wednesday, 5th January, 2021.
A team of senior officials from the PGI, Chandigarh, along with district officials is already present in Ferozepur to oversee preparations for the big ticket event.
With a budget of 490.5 crores the new satellite center at Ferozpur is planned to house 100 indoor beds. This includes 30 intensive care and high dependency beds. It is planned to house 10 clinical speciality departments and five other supporting departments. It will also house minor and major operation theaters. The building will be constructed using the latest techniques and is proposed to be a platinum-rated green hospital.
With PGIMER’s prominence as a center of excellence in the region, the patient load at the institute has been constantly rising in the past decades to present levels.