Following Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s mission for transformational changes in universal healthcare, Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra on Thursday directed to develop composite facility centres in medical college hospitals.
Mahapatara was reviewing availability of basic allied facilities in these campuses in a high-level meeting here wherein Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Health and Family Welfare Raj Kumar Sharma outlined the issues for discussions.
Mahapatra directed the department to prepare a layout plan in 15 days for facilities like permanent Aahar Kendra, attendant rest shed, ATM, OMFED stall and food cafeteria for attendants/day care patients/ staffs and doctors.
The State has three old medical college hospitals at Cuttack, Brahmapur and Burla. Recently, five new medical colleges at Baripada, Baleswar, Balangir, Koraput and Puri have been made operational and two more are coming up in Sundargarh and Keonjhar.