Union health minister lays foundation stone of disease control centre in Ambala

Haryana health minister Anil Vij, Rajya Sabha MP Karthikeya Sharma, director general health department Dr RS Punia and other officials of the health department were also present

Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya virtually laid the foundation stone of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) branch in Naggal of Ambala Cantonment on Tuesday.

Haryana health minister Anil Vij, Rajya Sabha MP Karthikeya Sharma, director general health department Dr RS Punia and other officials of the health department were also present.

Mandaviya said the construction of these projects will improve the health services that are being undertaken under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Vij said the branch being built on four acres has been set up for five North India states, including Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab. The branch will have tests for all serious diseases and viruses which cannot be performed at hospitals or common laboratories.

The minister said that the NCDC branch came into existence at Ambala because it is well connected by air, railway junction and GT Road, and is close to Atal Cancer Care Centre, Civil Hospital Ambala Cantonment and three medical colleges from where routine samples can be taken.