Orissa Government to start Medical College in the Capital Hospital

KalingaTimes.com : Orissa Government to improve healthcare infrastructure
Orissa Government to improve healthcare infrastructure

KalingaTimes Correspondent Bhubaneswar: Orissa Government on Saturday decided to set up a medical college at the Capital Hospital here. The decision was taken high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Talking to presspersons after the meeting, Patnaik said the Capital Hospital had the necessary infrastructure to run a medical college. But more number of doctors and paramedical staff will be recruited before the medical college opens, he added. The meeting was held to discuss about improving the existing healthcare system in the State. The authorities decided to increase the number of seats in the Anatomy, Physiology, Anesthesiology, Microbiology, Skin and other disciplines in the three government medical colleges of the State. It was also decided to open post-graduate diploma courses in Radiology and Anesthesiology. The meeting further decided that measures will be taken to construct residential quarters for doctors and paramedical staff near the existing hospitals in the rural areas of the State. The government will increase the special incentive being paid to the doctors working in the government medicals and health centres in the KBK districts, the meetings decided. The meeting also discussed about the vacancies of doctors in interior parts of the State. Several measures will be adopted to solve this chronic problem.