Chandigarh, March 22 -- UT administrator and Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria met Union minister of health and family welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda and sought his support for the establishment of a regional medical hub in Chandigarh.

During the meeting, Kataria apprised the Union minister that the proposed regional medical hub is envisioned as a major referral and tertiary healthcare centre for the northern region. The initiative aims to significantly strengthen super-specialty healthcare services and cater to the growing medical needs of Chandigarh as well as neighbouring states.

Kataria informed the Union minister that a detailed proposal for establishing the regional medical hub had already been submitted to the ministry of health a...