Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya virtually inaugurated a Super
Specialty Block at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
on Wednesday, an official statement said.
He also laid the foundation stone for an All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) Satellite
Centre in Kanpur.
Brajesh Pathak, Deputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh; SP Singh Baghel and Bharati Pravin Pawar,
Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare, Union Health Ministry; Mayankeshwar Sharan
Singh, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Health, Health Education, Family Welfare and Mother and Child Care, Uttar Pradesh; Devendra Singh Bhole, Member of Parliament from
Akbarpur, Kanpur and Neelima Katiyar, Member of Legislative Assembly from Kalyanpur, Kanpur
were also present on the occasion.
Mandaviya said that, "this Super Specialty Block offering 12 super-specialty services to the people will help people to take these specialised services locally, saving their valuable time and
resources". He further said that "AIISH Centre in Kanpur will be the first such state-of-the-art centre in North India which will not only train doctors but also provide care to people.