India Today | Development of a nation depends on its health index: Hardeep Singh Puri

Apr 11,2023

Health care and education are the two crucial components in the growth of a country and the health index decides the development of a nation, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said in Tirumala on Tuesday.

The Union minister visited Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)-run Sri Padmavathi Children's Heart Centre and Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled (BIRRD) Ortho hospital. On Tuesday, he also offered prayers at the temple of Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala along with his family and entourage.

During the hospital visit, Puri expressed immense happiness over the mode of service being offered by the TTD to infants and children by performing heart surgery for the needy free of cost. Later, he also visited the BIRRD Ortho hospital where knee joint replacements are done free of cost.

While talking to the media, he said, “The services in these two-TTD run hospitals are laudable. I saw infants being successfully treated by the doctors and paramedic staff in the hospital. I compliment TTD for having started such a wonderful hospital.”

Hardeep Singh Puri said, “I was told that during the Covid pandemic, the TTD-run BIRRD hospital served as a Covid Care Centre and treated several patients. Under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have rebuilt health care centres in the country from scratch. India became a role model for the entire world during the Covid pandemic.”