Chandigarh- Below the visionary management of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Authorities has undertaken transformative steps in 2025 to make sure accessible, reasonably priced, and superior healthcare for each citizen. From main healthcare to liver transplants, the yr has witnessed unprecedented expansions in infrastructure, protection, and human useful resource strengthening.
Punjab Well being and Household Welfare and Medical Training & Analysis Minister Dr Balbir Singh, acknowledged that the flagship Aam Aadmi Clinics have revolutionised main healthcare, with 881 clinics recording over 4.59 crore sufferers’ visits, which incorporates 1.59 crore distinctive sufferers since established. A complete of 107 medicines and 47 diagnostic exams are being offered freed from price at these clinics, considerably lowering out-of-pocket expenditure of the Punjabis. “A further 235 Aam Aadmi clinics are within the pipeline, making certain even wider attain,” he mentioned.
In a landmark determination, the Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojna protection is all set to be enhanced from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh per household per yr in coming month, offering cashless remedy at authorities and empanelled personal hospitals throughout Punjab and Chandigarh, mentioned the Well being Minister, whereas including, “This can be a step in direction of offering common well being care and making certain that folks get cashless remedy value ₹10 lakh. Punjab would be the first state within the nation the place each household shall be entitled to cashless remedy of as much as ₹10 lakh.”
Dr Balbir Singh mentioned that the Free Drug Initiative has been strengthened with the Important Medicines Record expanded from 276 to 360 medicines. Over ₹104 crore value of medicines and provides have been procured since April 2025, he mentioned, whereas including that CMOs/SMOs has been authorised to obtain EDL- Non EDL medicine at native degree and funds to the tune of Rs 16 crores have been utilised for this objective since 01-04-2025, making certain uninterrupted availability of medicines throughout well being services, he added.
Equally, the Well being Minister mentioned that underneath the Diagnostic Initiative, X-ray and ultrasound services are being offered in any respect secondary healthcare services or empaneled diagnostic centres at nominal authorities mounted charges.
To bridge the human useful resource hole, he mentioned that 3,620 well being professionals have been recruited during the last three years, together with specialists, medical officers, nurses, and frontline staff. Particular initiatives akin to re-employment of specialists as much as 65 years and hiring on empanelment foundation are additional boosting specialist availability, he added. Within the subject of medical schooling and analysis, Dr Balbir Singh mentioned that Punjab achieved a historic milestone with the primary profitable liver transplant within the public sector on the Punjab Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (PILBS), Mohali. Moreover, PG and MBBS seats have been elevated throughout authorities medical faculties in Amritsar, Patiala, Mohali, Faridkot, and Chandigarh, enhancing tertiary care coaching capability.
Below the CM Di Yogshala initiative, greater than 6 lakh distinctive members have benefited, with over 1.64 lakh individuals attending 5,347 day by day courses throughout 23 districts. Guru Ravidas Ayurved College additionally launched a one-year Diploma in Meditation & Yoga Sciences to coach 3,300 yoga instructors. The Well being Minister knowledgeable that the “Har Shukarvaar Dengue Te Vaar” marketing campaign proved extremely efficient in 2025, with 70% discount in dengue circumstances and 90% fewer deaths in comparison with 2023.
Important strides had been made in non-communicable illness management by means of the Punjab STEMI and Stroke initiatives, which are actually expanded throughout all 23 districts. The STEMI mission goals to supply well timed and efficient remedy for STEMI (coronary heart assault) sufferers, with a deal with thrombolysis. The Tenecteplase injection— helps to dissolve blood clots within the coronary heart—, which prices between Rs 25000 to Rs 35000, is being administered freed from price underneath this mission. Equally, the Punjab Stroke Venture aimed toward offering free mechanical thrombectomy to stroke sufferers affected by ischemic stroke.
The Punjab Authorities has additionally launched the AI-based Most cancers Screening Venture in 5 districts, and District Day Care Most cancers Centres grew to become operational in Bathinda and Jalandhar. Below the Nationwide Viral Hepatitis Management Program over 5.09 lakh individuals had been screened for Hepatitis C and three.69 lakh for Hepatitis B, with free remedy initiated for hundreds. Hepatitis testing kits had been made out there at 2,400 Well being and Wellness Centres and all Aam Aadmi Clinics.
Infrastructure upgrades included the revamp of the emergency wing at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, new trauma centres in Amritsar and Patiala, and the event of super-speciality blocks, little one blocks, and cafeterias in Faridkot. New burn models, hostels, and workers housing initiatives are additionally underway in medical faculties throughout the state. “Our authorities is dedicated to constructing a strong, compassionate, and forward-looking well being ecosystem,” Dr Balbir Singh reaffirmed.
