The people’s confidence is increasing in government healthcare facilities, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday while inaugurating health infrastructure projects worth Rs 1,140 crore in the State.
Patnaik inaugurated 103 projects worth Rs 140 core and laid foundation-stones for 372 projects worth Rs 1,000 crore through videoconferencing.
The CM said that under different steps taken under the 5T initiative, the government hospitals have been transformed leading to an increase in people’s faith on public healthcare.
He said the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana has become a boon for the people and they are getting good treatment free. More than 1 lakh patients are getting treatment every month. In the last five years, over Rs 12,000 has been invested in the State’s healthcare sector.
The CM launched a special helpline- 1800-120-104 of the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana for the Odia people residing outside the State.