Corona: K’jhar DM's public grievance meetings cancelled
Keonjhar: As a precautionary measure to fight the spread of coronavirus, Keonjhar District Collector Ashish Thackre cancelled all public grievance meetings which were to be held in the month of March. Accordingly, grievance meetings to be held at Harichandanpur, Hatdihi and Patna have been postponed. However, people can send their grievances by post or online.
Dialysis machine, auto analyser unit opened in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: Three dialysis machines, a gen set and an auto analyser unit were inaugurated at the District Headquarters Hospital here on Saturday. Local MLA Prashant Muduli, Collector SK Mohapatra and CDMO Dr Bijaya Panda were present. CDMO Dr Panda informed that patients needing dialysis would be further benefitted as six dialysis machines are now operational at the DHH. The auto analyser unit that would function at the DHH laboratory would detect glucose, urea phoshpet, uric acid and other blood analysing details of patients.
Jagatsinghpur scribe Deva Mishra dies
Jagatsinghpur: After three decades of service, scribe at Jagatsinghpur district headquarters Deva Mishra passed away at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on Saturday following a cardiac arrest. Scores of visitors including political leaders and journalists paid their last respects to Mishra at gis residence at Purohitpur here. He was cremated at the Swargadwar in Puri. Mishra is survived by wife and two sons. Mishra, who worked for Odia daily ‘Dharitri’, later wrote for a weekly.