Odisha to get new medical college with 100 MBBS seats, teaching hospital in Kandhamal
'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.
Bhubaneswar: 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.
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'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.
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