Silchar: Minister Ashok Singhal on Tuesday inspected a medical college under construction in Sribhumi and healthcare facilities at Hailakandi’s civil hospital.Singhal, who also holds the medical education and research portfolio, said construction of the medical college was on schedule and would expand healthcare services and medical education opportunities in the Barak Valley.He reviewed construction and infrastructure work and discussed the project with senior health officials.“Top-tier medical education and healthcare services are coming soon to Sribhumi,” Singhal wrote on ‘X’.The minister said the institution would address healthcare needs in Sribhumi and surrounding areas.The inspection came amid the BJP-led Assam govt’s efforts to expand medical education facilities. Assam currently has 17 medical colleges, including central institutions, compared with six in 2016. Eleven additional institutions have been established or inaugurated since then, while others, including the Sribhumi medical college, are under construction.Cabinet minister Kaushik Rai, Karimganj MP Kripanath Mallah, MLA Bijoy Malakar, NHM Assam mission director Dr S Lakshmanan, Sribhumi deputy commissioner Pradip Kumar Dwivedi and senior health officials accompanied Singhal.Later, Singhal visited the Hailakandi hospital to review its infrastructure, medicine availability, patient-care facilities and functioning.
