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Punjab polls:13 doctors make it to assembly; vow to strengthen health infra

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Punjab's health system could go under the knife with 13 doctors making it to the state assembly this election, including 10 from the AAP which is set to form the next government. "I feel the way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worked in Delhi in various sectors, particularly health, instilled confidence among doctors. The doctors were excited and wanted this (Delhi) system in Punjab too. "We felt if we have proper infrastructure here, we can deliver better. I was doing a government job and saw the shortcomings there, which we will rectify now," Baljit Kaur (46), an eye surgeon, commented on most of the winning AAP candidates coming from the medical background. Kaur, the AAP candidate from Malout, had defeated SAD's Harpreet Singh by a margin of 40,261 votes. The entrance of qualified doctors into the political space has got a thumbs-up from various quarters who have called it a "sign of positive change". Among the 13 doctors elected to the state assembly, two are women practitioners --