Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced formation of a 10-member team for advising the State Government regarding transformation of the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
The team comprises ten eminent doctors while seven of them are Padma awardees and four are SCB Medical College alumni. Ramakant Panda, Devi Shetty, K Srinath Reddy, Subrat Acharya, Mukut Minz, Digambar Behera, Ranjan Badwe, Jagat Narula, GN Rao and Purna Chandra Mohapatra are members of the team.
Director of Medical Education & Training, Prof CBK Mohanty is the convener of the group.
Notably, the Government has announced a package of Rs 1,000 crore for developing the hospital into a world-class health facility having an integrated ultramodern health system with a total of 3,000 beds.