The MKCG Medical College in Brahmapur and the VSS Medical College in Burla among 39 Government medical collages in the country to be upgraded and renovated under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Surakshya Yojana (PMSSY), an official release said.
It informed that Rs 150 crore would be spent per institute for the modenisation work. While the Cetnre would bear Rs 120 crore, State would spend the rest amount of Rs 30 core.Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed this in the Parliament on Friday.The upgradation would cover construction of trauma centre and super specialty block as centre of excellence in areas like Oncology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, CTVS, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Paediatric Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics and Burns and Plastics departments.
The Minister also informed that plans are afoot to upgrade some District Headquarters Hospitals (DHHs) in Odisha as medical colleges and referral hospitals. Baleswar, Puri, Koraput, Baripada and Balangir DHHs are in the lists, according to the Minister.