“Though I am born in Cuttack but pursued my education at Rourkela. So, I have a special weakness for Rourkela in particular and other parts of the Sundargarh district as a whole,” said Health Minister Pratap Jena on his two-day tour to the steel city. He assured to do the best possible to improve the health services in Rourkela and in the whole of Sundargarh district.
On his first day visit on Saturday, the Minister, besides his other schedules, inaugurated an urban PHC at Tilkanagar under Raghunathpalli Assembly segment, a new PHC at Kalunga under lathikata block, a MCH at Rajgangpur and a new PHC in Kutra block. Interacting with the mediapersons, Jena said the whole State is facing doctors’ crisis but the BJD Government is on the job to fill the gap. Despite the shortage of doctors, 26 more doctors will be posted in the district, the Minister assured. Jena is scheduled to review the works of the Rourkela Government Hospital on Sunday.