SANGRUR, April 16 -- Outpatient and inpatient department services were inaugurated at the community health centre (CHC) in Lehragaga on Wednesday after the Punjab government handed over the facility to the Janhit Trust under a charitable partnership model.

Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh, accompanied by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Lehra MLA Barinder Kumar Goyal, inaugurated the renovated centre. The facility will now be managed by a unit of Janhit Trust - the Acharya Vidyanand Jain Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.This is the first health facility in Punjab to operate under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

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