Odisha renames two existing Government Medical colleges
Bhubaneswar: Renaming the two existing medical colleges in the state, The Odisha government has decided to adopt the name of Government Medical College Keonjhar as Dharanidhar Medical College and Hospital Keonjhar and Government Medical College Sundargarh as Government Medical College and Hospital Sundargar respectively.
In honour of freedom fighter Dharanidhar Nayak from Keonjhar, the state government renamed the Keonjhar Medical College as Dharanidhar Medical College and Hospital Keonjhar. The foundation stone of the college was laid by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha Sj Naveen Pattnaik on 02 Nov 2016.
This Medical college was built with an aim to improve the doctor-population ratio by utilising the District Head Quarter Hospital, Keonjhar as the teaching hospital. The College campus spreads over a sprawling area of 44.40 Acres.
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The Government medical college and hospital Sundargarh is located at is built in the hilly terrains of the quaint, picturesque village of Sankara and covers 21 acres of campus. It was initiated to provide optimum health facilities to improve the doctor-population ratio to the population of the district which is mostly tribal.
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