Gandhinagar, Jan. 3 -- Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday conducted a holistic review of the implementation and current status of health welfare schemes reaching the state's remote, border, and rural areas, as well as talukas, during a high-level meeting held in Gandhinagar.

It was stated in the meeting with the Chief Minister that construction work on five medical colleges, hospitals, and hostels in Rajpipla, Morbi, Navsari, Godhra, and Porbandar will be completed by December 2026. As a result, people in remote tribal villages and in Saurashtra's distant villages will be able to access advanced healthcare services nearby more easily, an official release from the Chief Minister's office stated.

The Chief Minister issued necessar...