Chandigarh, March 6 -- Punjab health and family welfare minister Balbir Singh on Thursday shared the progress of the upcoming seven new medical colleges across the state.

These include two government medical colleges, two institutions under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, and three through private and minority organisations.

Addressing the media here, Singh said the construction work for the Shaheed Udham Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences in Hoshiarpur will begin on March 20, with a completion deadline of March 2028.

He said the Rs.274.75-crore project had received administrative approval. It will be a 300-bedded hospital, alongside a medical college with a 100-seat annual MBBS intake.

The minister highlighted that ...