Odisha govt to set up 20 new hospitals in PPP mode

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today decided to set up 20 new hospitals at an estimated investment of Rs 1,000 crore in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. The hospitals will be opened in 11 high priority districts under Odisha Health Service Investment policy-2016, officials said.
The hospitals will be opened in Hub and Spoke models under the Affordable Healthcare Project of the State Government. While some hospitals will function as central hospitals or hubs, the rest will operate as branch hospitals or spokes, they said.
The new hospitals will come up in Puri, Jeypore, Angul, Barbil, Baripada, Bhadrak, Balangir, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Phulbani, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Nuapada, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Sonepur, Rayagada, Paralakhemundi, Rairangpur and Kendrapara.
Orthopaedic, Medicine, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Ophthalmology, Diagnostic, ENT, Dentistry, X-ray, Psychiatric, Dermatology and Trauma Care facilities will be available at the spoke hospitals.
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