The office of the Engineer-in-Chief (Civil) PWD has prepared a plan outlay of Rs 426 crore for construction of a 100-bed hospital and medical college in Jajpur district.
21 acres of land out of the earmarked 40 acres for the project at Ankula has already been handedn over for purpose. Larsen and Toubro (L&T), the work execution agency, has submitted a master plan for construction of the main building, hostel block, staff residential quarters, ancillary building and parking slots for themedical college and hospital which will be constructed on turnkey basis. Construction of a medical college at Jajpur was a longstanding demand of local residents. Notably, the Union Cabinet had given its approval for establishment of a Government-run medical college and hospital in Jajpur town in this district in December, 2020. A lot of efforts have gone to make Jajpur medical college project a reality. The residents and various outfits have been demanding establishment of a medical college at Jajpur Town.
They have alsostaged agitations on more than 100 occasions.The agitations got scaled down after administration announced that it will set up a trauma care centre at Panikoili. The tender process for establishment of trauma care centre has been completed. The L&T has prepared a three- phase layout for construction of parking slots and site entry demarcation. The layout includes construction of hospital block, medical college, auditorium, gents and ladies hostels, and quarters for resident doctors, nurses, teaching and non-teaching staff and pharmacists.
The parking slot for two-wheelers will be constructed on a 1700-sq metre area. This apart, split floor parking, facilities for open parking of cars and other vehicles will also be constructed. The layout also proposes to build main entry point to medical college from Ankula Square and an emergency entry point at Baitarani river embankment, north of hospital. Once completed, the medical college will provide healthcare services to people of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Keonjhar and Kendrapada districts. Jajpur MLA Pranab Prakash Das played a crucial role in setting up medical college.