Bargarh BJD MLA Debesh Acharya has requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for establishment of a city hospital at Bargarh. In this connection, he wrote a letter to the CM on Sunday.
On January 21, the CM had inaugurated a six-storied building with a 300-bed capacity at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) at Khedapali under Bhatli Block, 10 km from Bargrh town. But BJP, Congress and other political parties and even local people opposing it staged a dharna and blocked road on Saturday.
In this context, Acharya requested the CM for announcement of a city hospital at the old hospital building of Bargarh town. He has written that the new DHH is about 10 km from the town. Some social organisations and political parties are, therefore, demanding establishment of a new hospital in the city for the convenience of the residents to avail health services, Acharya stated.