Ludhiana, Jan. 31 -- It has been a year since the Aam Aadmi Clinic (AAC) at Chhawani Mohalla was gutted in a fire incident. The facility hasn't been repaired ever since, and the clinic is forced to make do in a shop owned by the Sikh temple in the neighbourhood.

Nodal officer of Aam Aadmi Clinics, Dr Seema Chopra said that the department plans to reconstruct the AAC with some 48 new AACs coming up in the district. "We have already decided this, and the process is on. This may take some time," she said.

The AAC had two rooms (a doctor's room and a laboratory) and a waiting hall for the patients. Now all services are to be provided in the 12X12 shop.

"The facility was decent in the area. It could handle several patients in the hall. Ther...