Mohali, May 2 -- Punjab health and family welfare minister Dr Balbir Singh on Thursday inaugurated the upgraded Nasha Mukti Kendra at Sector 66, enhancing its bed capacity to 100 and introducing skill training courses with support from the Sun Foundation.

Plans are in place to expand the facility further to accommodate 200 patients by constructing an additional floor, the minister said.

Dr Singh stated that the state had increased de-addiction centres' capacity from 1,500 to 5,000 beds across Punjab and was integrating vocational training programmes to support patient reintegration into society.

The health minister also announced that the Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) centres, now renamed Nasha Mukti Dawai Kendras, have r...