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Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari gets additional charge of Health Portfolio
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Bhubaneswar: Following the untimely demise of Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has allocated the Health and Family Welfare dept to Niranjan Pujari, who is holding the Finance portfolio.
Official sources said Odisha Governor Prof.Ganeshi Lal had approved the recommendation of the Chief Minister allocating the Health and Family Welfare department to Pujari.
Lt Naba Das had been the Health and Family Welfare Minister of Odisha since 2019. He was a three-time MLA from the Jharsuguda constituency and was said to be an influential leader in the area.
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Minister Naba Das was shot at in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district and succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital on Sunday.
During the operation, it was found that a single bullet had entered and exited the body, injuring the heart and left lung and causing massive internal bleeding and injury.
"He was an asset for both the Govt and the party. His death is a great loss to the State of Odisha," Odisha CMO said
Das was shot at by one police personnel near Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district earlier today, following which he was critically injured.
A team of doctors led by Dr Debashish Nayak immediately attended to and operated on him.
On operating was found that a single bullet had entered and exited the body, injuring the heart and left lung and causing massive internal bleeding and injury, the officials said.
According to officials, the injuries were repaired, and steps were taken to improve the pumping of the heart. He was given urgent ICU care. But despite the best of efforts, he could not be revived and succumbed to his injuries.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed deep shock and distress over the unfortunate death of Minister Naba Das.
Kajal joined Medical Dialogue in 2019 for the Latest Health News. She has done her graduation from the University of Delhi. She mainly covers news about the Latest Healthcare. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.