In order to select a site for establishment of a satellite unit of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, a five-member team headed by Bhubaneswar AIIMS Director Dr Ashok Mahapatra visited the district on Wednesday.
They selected a 25-acre patch at Balia after visiting two patches for the purpose. ADM Akshay Mohanty and Remuna tehsildar Manas Padhi accompanied the visiting team. later, a meeting was held where district Collector B Parameswarn presided.
The patch selected by the team under Bampada and Samalpur mouza belongs to the Agriculture department and had been left fallow for a long time. Tehsildar Padhi said after selection, the process to transfer the land would begin. He informed that the State Government would provide land for the satellite unit, while the expenses for its establishment would be borne by the Central Government.
Padhi said the process for establishment of a Government medical college hospital in Baleswar is on. Already the site for the hospital at Srikrishnapur has been identified and a field inspection has been conducted. Besides, the department has already started the process to transfer land for establishment of an eye hospital of a reputed company and an institute for pharmaceutical education and research in the district, he said.