Harsimrat Kaur Badal says first AIIMS batch okayed, Punjab unaware

Amritsar | Monday | 18th March, 2019

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BATHINDA: Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday claimed that the union health ministry had cleared the proposal for hosting first batch of AIIMS, Bathinda at Faridkot-based Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) from August. However, the campus will be fully operational by year end.“Today is truly a red letter day for the Malwa region and Punjab. Though OPD and Diagnostic center facilities which were slated to start in February, 2019 have been delayed due to such tactic. The ground has been cleared for the start of the first batch of MBBS. BFUHS Vice Chancellor Raj Bahadur when contacted told TOI that university has not received the communication so far..