"Will Not Shut Doors On Any Patient Coming To Punjab": Amarinder Singh

The comments came even as Health Minister Balbir Sidhu expressed concern over people of Punjab "not getting space" due to patients coming from outside.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday that he was not in favour of refusing hospital care to any patient coming to Punjab from other states for treatment amid surge in coronavirus cases. The comments came even as Health Minister Balbir Sidhu expressed concern over people of Punjab "not getting space" due to patients coming from outside. "We must not refuse any patient who needs hospital care," Amarinder Singh said. "We will never close our doors to any patient." The Chief Minister said he was not in favour of refusing hospital care to any patient from Delhi, Haryana or any other state despite the criticality of oxygen supplies.