The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on May 7 said the poor in the state will get free treatment for medical problems.

"People should help the poor get the benefit of various welfare schemes of the government," he said during the groundbreaking ceremony of a multi-storeyed building at the Kailash Nath Katju Hospital here. The hospital, which currently has 20 beds, will have 100 beds soon.