Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College and Hospital in Kalahandi district on Wednesday.
The college and hospital has been constructed on 43 acres of land at an expenditure of Rs 325 crore. The college has 100 MBBS seats while the National Medical Commission has granted permission for admissions.
The facility has been named after the legendary freedom fighter from the district Rendo Majhi.
Kalahandi MP Basanta Panda, Health Minister Niranjan Pujari and 5T Chairman VK Pandian were present at the inauguration ceremony.
Notably, the Central Government had in 2020 approved establishment of the medical college and hospital in the district.
On the occasion, the CM also renamed the Kalahandi University as ‘Maa Manikeswari University’.
The CM also launched the Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI) scheme in Kalahandi district.
Greeting the people of the district on the occasion of Kalahandi Foundation Day, he said that as many as 63 buses would ply in the district under the scheme, providing connectivity to all panchayats.
After the ceremony, Patnaik went to Balarampur in a LAccMI bus.