Jammu and Kashmir will soon get two cancer hospitals, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said today as he laid foundation stones for three medical colleges in the state.
Each of the three medical colleges -- in Anantnag district and Baramulla district of Kashmir Valley and one in Rajouri district of Jammu -- will be built at a cost of Rs. 189 crore.
"The union government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to the upgradation and modernisation of health care institutions in Jammu and Kashmir and in this connection, the state will soon have two cancer hospitals," Mr Nadda said while speaking after laying the foundation stone of Government Medical College in frontier Rajouri district of the Jammu region.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh along with several ministers from the state were also present on the occasion.
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