DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Nayab Singh Saini, who also holds the portfolio of Finance Minister, while presenting the state budget for the year 2025-26 in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Monday said that in the last 10 years, the double-engine government has placed significant emphasis on Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathic systems of medicine.

Sharing 18 key highlight of Health sector for Budget 2025-26, the Chief Minister said that the budget for all the department's schemes has been increased from Rs. 9,391.87 crore, as compared to the Revised Estimates (RE) of 2024-25, by 8.17%, raising it to Rs. 10,159.54 crore in 2025-26.

The Chief Minister said that to improve the health of mothers and children in the state and to bring further improvements in maternal mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate, infant mortality rate and mortality rate of children below 5 years of age. 9 ultra-modern maternal and child health centers will be established in the district hospitals of Panchkula, Panipat, Faridabad, Sonipat, Palwal, Sirsa, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, and the Medical College in Nuh.

The Chief Minister said that in the year 2014-15, Haryana had a total of 4 government hospitals with 200 beds and 2 government hospitals with 300 beds. Today, their numbers have increased to 18 and 3, respectively. He said that approval has been granted to upgrade the district hospitals of Palwal, Rohtak, and Charkhi Dadri, as well as Al Afia District Hospital in Mandikhera (Nuh), from 100 to 200 beds. In the financial year 2025-26, the district hospitals of Hisar and Panipat will be upgraded from 200 to 300 beds, and the district hospital of Jhajjar from 100 to 200 beds.

The CM said that the government has set a target to make every district hospital the best hospital in that city with the same number of beds in the next 2 years. In the financial year 2025-26, modern services and state-of-the-art facilities like CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, blood analyzer and digital X-ray will be ensured in all district hospitals. Apart from this, private rooms will be arranged for patients in all district hospitals and shelter home facilities will also be provided for their companions, he said.

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