Rotary Chandigarh to setup India's first Health Education Centre

·     MoU signed between Chandigarh Administration and Rotary Club Chandigarh·     Rotary to spend nearly Rs.2.2 crore for the project
·       Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator Shri VP Singh Badnore offers all support to Rotary in various development projects

Chandigarh Administration and Rotary Club of Chandigarh have signed a memorandum of understanding for setting up one-of-its-kind Health Education Centre in the city.

The MoU was signed by B.L. Sharma, Secretary Education, representing the UT Administration and President of the Club, AP Singh in the presence of Shri V.P.Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT, Shri Parimal Rai, Advisor to the Administrator, DGP Shri Sanjay Baniwal, former world president of Rotary International Rajendra K. Saboo and other senior officers of the UT Administration.

Shri Badnore commended Rotary’s endeavours for this unique project and the first one in the country to be setup in the city, and said that this is a new beginning and Administration would like to partner with Rotary Club Chandigarh for its various other initiatives.

Former world president of Rotary International, RK Saboo said that the Club would be spending approximately US$ 300,000 (Rs.2.2 crores) for the Centre for which expertise, and know how shall come from US-based, McMillen Health Centre, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

This state-of-the-art Health Education Centre is meant to educate school students about fundamentals  of medical science, human physiology, and  would also serve as Training Centre to impart training to master trainers as well as teachers, informed former world president of Rotary International Rajendra K Saboo who had conceived the project.

Chandigarh Administration has decided to setup this Centre in Government Model High School, Sector 22C, in the first phase, and later a site would be identified by a committee comprising representatives of the Engineering, and Architecture departments and the District Education Officer.

It would also work as centre of excellence in providing basic medical education, health checkup and training, and would be managed by a team of administrative staff, team of doctors and experts under a society which shall have Advisor to the Administrator as Chairman while Home, Health, Finance and Education Secretaries of the Chandigarh Administration as members along with various other members from various departments as well as the head of the PGI, and two members of the Rotary Club.

Rotarians present on the occasion included past district governor Madhukar Malhotra, Past Presidents Baldev Agarwal, Charanjit Singh and Manmohan Singh Kohli, and incoming club president Surinder Pal Kaur, DPS Principal Reema Dewan, Head of Community Diseases PGI Dr JS Thakur, Vinod Kapoor, Abha Sharma, among others.