In view of rising dependence on the Capital Hospital, the State Government has planned to modernise and expand its Casualty Department, informed Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabysachi Nayak. The Minister further informed that plans are also afoot to establish a Post-Graduate Institution at the hospital for which an infrastructural proposal worth Rs82 crore has already received administrative approval.
“It has been planned to appoint 25 doctors in the Casualty Department. While seven doctors have already been appointed, other doctors are being brought on a routine wise to attend the patients. The EFC has approved Rs71 crore for expansion,” the Minister said while replying to a question put by Priyadarshi Mishra on behalf of Bhagirathi Badajena and additional question put by many other members.
The hospital has an OPD attendance of 10,000 patients and indoor attendance of 3,500 patients per month. Similarly, it conducts nearly 1,240 postmortems every year. The Minister said the Government too has a proposal to acquire nearby lands as such a need is felt for its expansion.
Regarding smooth management of Casualty Departments in Government medical colleges, Nayak said the Government is planning to appoint a Casualty Medical Officer in each of three Government medical college hospitals. For this, a proposal has been sent to the Finance Department, he informed.
The Minister said the State Government is giving Rs1 crore per month under the OSTF (Odisha State Treatment Fund) towards treatment of BPl and other economic weaker patients.