Odisha CM Majhi lays stone for medical college in Nabarangpur

BHUBANESWAR/NABARANGPUR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday laid the foundation stone for a medical college and hospital in Nabarangpur district.

The medical college and hospital, will be set up on over 50 acres of land at Patalguda in the district and will have 420 beds and 100 MBBS seats. The chief minister said after the construction is completed, people won’t have to go outside the district for treatment.Stating that within 20 months of his assuming power, three medical college and hospitals at Jajpur, Kandhamal and Talcher have been made operational, the chief minister said the government had promised to open four more medical college and hospitals. “Three more medical colleges will be established in Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur and Bhadrak soon,” he said.

Majhi also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 177 development projects worth over `446 crore for the district on the occasion. This includes the inauguration of 112 projects worth `68 crore and laying the foundation stones for 65 projects The projects cover educational institutions, roads, bridges, and anganwadi centres.

The chief minister highlighted the government’s focus on development in education, healthcare, agriculture, transportation and women’s empowerment to bring Nabarangpur to the forefront. He assured that despite the district’s distance from the state capital, development will not be hindered, and progress will continue unabated.The double-engine government is taking steps to open medical colleges in all the districts. Our goal is to provide quality medical facilities to the people of the state and to ensure availability of doctors at all times,” he added.

School and Mass Education minister Nityanand Gond said that the government is committed to improve education and healthcare facilities and the new medical college in Nabarangpur is a major step towards achieving this goal.