A polyclinic under the Ex-Servicemen Health Scheme (ECHS), a Central Government financed programme to provide quality health service to ex-Servicemen pensioners and their dependants, was inaugurated here on Tuesday. The centre has sanctioned 426 such facilities to be set up across the country, including seven in Odisha, said lt Gen J George, General Officer Commanding Madhya Bharat area, while inaugurating the polyclinic.
The polyclinic has been opened in a rented house, and the State government has been requested to provide land and other infrastructures for smooth running of the clinic, lt Gen George said. Stating that Army would do whatever is possible for uplift of the youths of Kalahandi, he said that considering the interest of youths of the district, Army recruitment rallies with pre-recruitment training would be organised utilising the service of ex-Servicemen to help more youths make career in military service from the area.