HC asks Punjab health secretary about closing of community health center in Mohali

Mohali: Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) has sought an affidavit from the Punjab health secretary over the closing of the community health center (CHC) in Mohali. The CHC in Phase 3B1 was discontinued last year to establish a liver and biliary institute. The HC has directed the Punjab health secretary to file the affidavit by May 23, the next date of hearing in the case.

Last year, the AAP government, after its inception, converted the community health center into a liver and biliary institute. However, the institute has not been able to initiate operations since then and is locked. Deputy mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi moved the HC, where he filed a public interest litigation (PIL) against shifting of the Phase 3B1 Mohali Community Health Center and its conversion into an institute.

Deputy mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi first approached authorities with the demand that shifting of the community centre be stopped. Then he moved the high court. A 30-bed hospital was built by upgrading the Phase 3B1 dispensary during the previous government. After change of government in Punjab, the health center was converted into a liver and biliary institute.