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Odisha govt to set up Drug Testing Laboratory at Sambalpur
Following is a report from the Sambad:
Odisha govt approves Tata’s bid to construct Bhawanipatna medical college
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha cabinet on Friday approved Tata Projects Limited’s bid to construct the 100-seated medical college at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district.
Tender for the construction work was floated with an estimated cost of Rs 202.39 crore in which three bidders– NCC Limited, Shapoorji Pallorji and Company Private Limited and Tata Projects Limited– were found technically qualified. Among the three, Tata Projects Limited stood lowest with a bid value of Rs 2,20,73,98,218, official sources said.
The construction work will be completed in two years of time without any price escalation.
The Odisha government has taken a gigantic step to improve the medical education in the state to cater to the needs of the qualified doctors to wide spread health institutions in the state.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation to set up super specialty hospital at Rengali
Following is a report from the Pioneer:
An important meeting was held here with the representatives of industries and mines organisations of the undivided Sambalpur district on Friday under the chairmanship of Northern Revenue Divisional Commissioner DV Swamy.
As discussed, a super specialty hospital would be set up soon by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) at Rengali of Sambalpur district. It was also decided to complete the proposed diagnostic centres at the Jharsuguda District Headquarters Hospital and Laikera by the Vedanta Aluminium Company and a mega stadium under construction with MCL fund by the end of December.
On Thursday, a meeting was also held relating to the Assembly constituencies of Jharsuguda and Rengali. The industries were requested to fulfil their social responsibilities towards common problems of the two constituencies. Participating in the discussion, OPCC working president and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das said industries should work sincerely to remove the drinking water problems by removing earth and weeds from all the reservoirs besides its repair where necessary and digging of bore wells on a priority basis.
Rengali MLA Ramesh Patua, Jharsuguda Collector Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik, Sambalpur Collector Samarth Verma, Jharsuguda ADM Trilochan Majhi, Secretary to RDC Bibhuti Bhusan Behera along with representatives from Jharsuguda Vedanta Company, MCL, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Aditya Birla, Hindalco, Aryan Ispat, TPSL, Seven Star and mines units attended the meeting.
Odisha govt releases Rs 202 crore for proposed Kalahandi medical college and hospital
Following is a report from the TOI:
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has sanctioned and released Rs 202.39 crore for the proposed medical college and hospital in Kalahandi district.
With infusion of funds, the construction of the medical college will start soon, health minister Pratap Jena said.
The tertiary care heath institution will fulfill long-time aspirations of the people of the region. The people of the district and nearby regions will no longer have to travel to cities for advanced and specialised treatment, thereby saving on out-of-pocket expenditure on health.
It will also usher in a new era of socio-economic development in the region.
The minister said the project will be undertaken on Turnkey basis under supervision of works department. The state budget has allocated Rs 302.39 crore for the MCH and tendering process is set to begin soon. Ancilliary establishments like 300 seat men’s hostel and 150 seat women’s hostel, 100 senior resident and 60 seat hostel for nurses will also be constructed along with 86 residential quarters for faculty members and doctors. Besides, 150 seat nursing hostel, 36 quarters for paramedical staff and a 650 seat state-of-the-art auditorium will be constructed.
The construction of the hospital building will be undertaken by Vedanta Limited as per agreement with state Government. The cost of the project is estimated at Rs 100 crore to be borne by the company.
Jena said the Kalahandi Medical College is targetted to be completed and ready within two years.
The Kalahandi MCH will add 100 MBBS doctors to the strength in the state every year.
MCI team visits proposed Balangir Medical College
Following is a report from the TNIE:
BALANGIR: A three-member team from Medical Council of India (MCI) visited the proposed medical college and hospital here on Tuesday. The MCI team wanted to ascertain whether the available infrastructure in the college fulfilled the requirements for getting operational from the upcoming academic session.
The visit is significant especially when the aspirants are going to appear for NEET, the national level entrance test for admission into various medical colleges in the country, on May 7. The admission process may begin in July.The Medical Council team consisted of Nandaraja, Kamal and Gangadhar Gouda. Dean of Balangir Medical College and Hospital Lalit Kumar Meher accompanied the team during their visit. The team visited the college and hospital in two groups.
Team member Nandaraja accompanied by Medical College dean Lalit Kumar Meher visited the main hospital campus, including the medicine ward, surgery ward, TB department, casualty and the maternity and child hospital. The other team comprising Kamal and Gangadhar accompanied by Balangir chief district medical officer Sugyanendra Mishra concentrated on the outpatient department and some newly constructed structures near the main campus of the hospital.
Odisha govt signs MoU with Vedanta for medical college in Kalahandi
Following is a report from the http://odishasuntimes.com :
Kalahandi: The Odisha government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vedanta Group, a globally diversified natural resources company, to set up a 500-bedded medical college and hospital in Bhawanipatna in the district.
The tribal-dominated district had hit the headlines of national and international media and caused embarassement to the State government for its poor healthcare facilities after the Dana Majhi episode in August, 2016.
The MoU was signed in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and State Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena.
Sonamali Bag, Director of Medical Education & Training (DMET) of the State government and Rahul Sharma, Director of Corporate Strategy at Vedanta, signed the agreement.
As per the agreement, total Rs 350 crore will be invested for setting up the proposed medical college, of which Vedanta will spend around Rs 100 crore.
While the State government will run the medical college and hospital, Vedanta will develop infrastructure support for it.
Official sources said as many as 100 MBBS seats will be available in the medical college.
The Chief Minister has directed the Family and Welfare Department to start the construction work of the proposed medical college soon and complete as early as possible.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi, Development Commissioner R Balkrishnan, MLAs of Kalahandi district among other officials were present.
Notably, in April last year, the CM had announced to set up new medical colleges at Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Bolangir, Balasore, Kalahandi and Keonjhar to tide over the shortage of doctors in the State.
Patnaik had laid the foundation stone of the medical college at Bhangabari in Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters town of Kalahandi, in November 2016.
Centre sanctions Rs 200 crore for upgrading IGH hospital Rourkela
Following is a report from TNIE:
ROURKELA: Work on the upgradation of the RSP-run Ispat General Hospital (IGH) of SAIL into Super Speciality Hospital & Medical College (SSHMC) has finally started with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) monitoring the project.
An amount of Rs 200 crore has been recently allocated under PM’s Swasthya Suraksha Yojana for infrastructure development of the hospital.
IGH, a well-equipped 685 bedded multidisciplinary hospital, is accredited by National Board of Examinations (NBE), New Delhi, for imparting Post Graduate DNB training in several disciplines and also runs a Nurses Training Institute (NTI). However, it has now been reduced to a referral hospital due to deteriorating medical services.
Rourkela BJP legislator and former Union Minister Dilip Ray said a high-level team of experts and architects had visited the hospital and submitted their report to SAIL and the Ministry of Steel outlining the requirement of infrastructure and medical equipment.
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has been assigned the responsibility of introducing super-specialty services and developing the curriculum for the post graduate courses, Ray added.
Earlier this month, a team of consultant firm HITES (HLL Infra Tech Services Ltd) had inspected existing infrastructure of few departments of IGH. The team examined possibility of introducing super special treatment facilities along with post-graduate learning at departments of neurology, pulmonary medicines and burn care. The visit of HITES team came in the backdrop of the visit of a team of senior medical experts of the Union Government in June following direction of the PMO.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, who is instrumental in expediting the pending project, said Principal Secretary to the PMO is monitoring it and expressed satisfaction at the present pace of progress. He said after being developed into SSHMC, the IGH would ensure advanced healthcare to people of Rourkela, Sundargarh district and beyond. SAIL and the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) would run the medical college jointly.
The PM had announced the project in April 2015. Under fire for no progress, SAIL in August last year had opened a super speciality clinic in disciplines of cardiology, oncology, neurology and nephrology to run on monthly scheduled dates with assistance of Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.
HOSPITAL AID
● Super speciality treatment services would be introduced in four departments and later three more departments would be covered.
● SAIL and the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) would run the medical college jointly.
● Former Congress MLA Pravat Mohapatra welcomed the development, but added that there is no cheer for poor patients as treatment is free for RSP employees while the others are charged at par with private hospitals.
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