100-bed Covid Hospital comes up in Puri
Puri: A 100-bed Covid Hospital has started functioning in Puri since Tuesday. As many as 45 doctors and over 300 paramedics and other staffs have been deployed at the hospital. Puri district Collector Balwant Singh informed that 60 beds at Gopabandhu Ayurvedic College and 40 beds at IDH have been arranged. A 100-bed Covid Care Centre has been readied at Shree Jagannath Medical College for primary treatment of COVID-19 suspects. Highly symptomatic patients would be shifted to the Covid Hospital from the Covid Care Centre, he said.
Khordha DM, ADM donate blood
Khordha: Setting examples for others, Khorda district Collector Shitanshu Kumar Rout, ADM Manoj Kumar Padhi, Sub-Collector Shantanu Kumar Mohanty and journalist Dhaneswar Bidhar donated blood at a camp at the Blood Bank here on Tuesday. The Zilla Swasthya Samiti is organising blood donation camps on a daily basis in view of shortage of blood. By Tuesday, the Blood Bank had a stock of 70 units of blood. On Tuesday, CDMO Dr Bishwaranjan Park, ADMO Dr Dwarikanath Satapathy and District Health Officer Dr Sujata Mishra DPHCO Pradyumna Mishra were present, among others.
DGP reviews situation in Jharsuguda
Jharsuguda: DGP Abhay visited Jharsuguda on Monday and reviewed the police arrangements in the district. He took an update on the law and order situation in addition to the preparations of the authorities to implement measures needed to fight the coronavirus. He advised police officers to coordinate with all departments and ensure success of the proposed measures and to be polite while dealing with citizens. Northern Range DIG Himanshu Lal and Jharsuguda SP AK Mohanty were present.
Tributes paid to senior scribe Basant Rath
Umarkote: The media fraternity of Umarkote at a meeting on Wednesday paid heartfelt tributes to senior scribe Basant Rath, who passed away on April 10. Rath (49), who was Correspondent of The Pioneer, Nabarangpur District, for 15 years, was also a practising lawyer. Speakers at the meeting remembered him as a dedicated journalist, a jolly person, who was loved by all, They also paid floral tributes to him. Among others, senior journalists Prasant Kumar Sahu, Nalini Ranjan Mishra, Monohar Mohanty, Krushna Prasad Patnaik, Maheswar Behera and Raju Sabata were present.
5 held for killing wild boar in B'kanika
Kendrapada: Kanika forest personnel led by Ranger Swati Mohanty on Tuesday arrested five poachers for trespassing into the Ragadapatia forest block within Bhitarkanika and killing a wild boar. They also seized 24 kg of raw wild pig meat, the decapitated head of the wild boar, a billhook and other equipments used for wildlife crime from the poachers identified as Dharanidhar Barik, Narayan Giri, Janakar Mohanty, Jhadeswar Mandal and Ramesh Sethy. The accused were produced before the JMFC Court, Rajnagar, and remanded to jail custody after their bail pleas were rejected.