Kathua: North India's Holistic Healthcare Hub - Dr. Jitendra

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Union Minister in PMO with independent charge of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, today announced that Rs 80 crore Centrally funded North India’s first Government Homoeopathic Medical College, will come up in Jasrota area of district Kathua where work for the boundary wall has already started.

The Minister announced during his visit to the proposed site of the College in Jasrota village today. The visit to the area continued Dr. Jitendra Singh’s consistent development spree even after declaring his mandate for Lok Sabha from Kathua, Udhampur, and Doda constituencies.

The engineers and senior experts from the Department of Ayush discussed the institution of the Minister.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the program, Dr. Jitendra Singh said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave impetus and thrust to the Indian System of Medicines (ISM) and healthcare in the country by promoting Yoga and Millet at the International level, Kathua will develop as cost-effective holistic healthcare center of India.

He said the best-class health facility will be available in Kathua, where the Government Medical College has already been established by this Government, followed by a facility provided by TATA Cancer Institute and a Homeopathic College.

Dr. Jitendra Singh, while taking a jibe at earlier Governments, alleged that before 2014, the situation in Kathua district was so bad that there was not even an Orthopaedic Surgeon available in the district Hospital Kathua, and the patients for plastering were also referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu.The Minister alleged that the district was the victim of discriminatory and vote bank politics of earlier ruling parties who had a biased mindset and were not interested in the development of this entire belt.

The mindset of these parties, who ruled at the Centre and in the erstwhile State for over 60 years, resulted in the youth living on the International Border right from Lakhanpur (Kathua) to Akhnoor being deprived of four percent reservations. “It was the Modi Government which has done away with this anomaly and injustice soon after coming to power in 2014”, he added.

Dr. Jitendra Singh reiterated that the agenda of the Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha constituency, which was taken at hand soon after he was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2014, will continue uninterrupted till the date of the declaration of the election Code of Conduct and will resume immediately after the Code of Conduct is lifted.