Odisha to get new medical college, teaching hospital

The hospitals will give a boost to medical education and cater to healthcare needs of the people in the region, the Chief Ministers Office tweeted.The state earlier had only three state-run medical colleges and the BJD government has set up six more such institutes in the last two decades, Arukha said.

The Odisha government on Wednesday said that it will set up a new medical college in Kandhamal district and a 650-bedded teaching hospital for the existing institute in Koraput district. A proposal in this regard was approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

''The state government decided to construct a 100- seated new state-run medical college and teaching hospital at Phulbani (in Kandhamal district) and a 650-bedded teaching hospital for the medical college at Koraput on turnkey basis,'' Parliamentary Affairs Minister B K Arukha said in a video message after the Cabinet meeting. ''The hospitals will give a boost to medical education and cater to healthcare needs of the people in the region, the Chief Minister's Office tweeted.

The state earlier had only three state-run medical colleges and the BJD government has set up six more such institutes in the last two decades, Arukha said. The cabinet also cleared two rural piped water-supply projects worth Rs 724 crore for Bargarh district.