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Rs150 cr to be spent for BPUT growth

Bhubaneswar: The State Government has decided to spend Rs150 crore for the development of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The decision was taken at a high-level chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Tuesday. Of the total amount, Rs110 crore would be spent for infrastructure development of the BPUT head office at Rourkela. It was also decided that a new course on Urban Planning would be introduced by the university. Several other issues including filling up of new posts in the university were also discussed.

SUM opens State’s 1st Immunology Dept

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital (IMSSH) here has become the first medical college in the State to open a department of Immunology and Rheumatology. Immunologist and rheumatologist Dr Ramnath Misra inaugurated the department on Wednesday and said that it would go a long way in providing relief to scores of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis as diagnosis and treatment of the disease had taken long strides in the recent times. Odisha Rheumatology Association President Dr Bharat Panigrahy informed that around 20 per cent of the State’s population suffers from rheumatology-linked disorders.Inbrief

Rs150 cr to be spent for BPUT growth

Bhubaneswar: The State Government has decided to spend Rs150 crore for the development of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The decision was taken at a high-level chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Tuesday. Of the total amount, Rs110 crore would be spent for infrastructure development of the BPUT head office at Rourkela. It was also decided that a new course on Urban Planning would be introduced by the university. Several other issues including filling up of new posts in the university were also discussed.

SUM opens State’s 1st Immunology Dept

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital (IMSSH) here has become the first medical college in the State to open a department of Immunology and Rheumatology. Immunologist and rheumatologist Dr Ramnath Misra inaugurated the department on Wednesday and said that it would go a long way in providing relief to scores of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis as diagnosis and treatment of the disease had taken long strides in the recent times. Odisha Rheumatology Association President Dr Bharat Panigrahy informed that around 20 per cent of the State’s population suffers from rheumatology-linked disorders.

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