Competitive business environment and availability of quality healthcare service has become a requirement for attracting investment to the State, said Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra while inaugurating a function at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on the occasion of its 2nd foundation day on Tuesday.
Mohapatra also applauded the efforts of doctors and functionaries of the AIIMS for benchmarking quality of healthcare in the State.AIIMS Director Dr Ashok Mohapatra informed that the institute has already begun operations of both outdoor and indoor treatment, CT scan, operation thereafter, MRI facilities and a 16-bed private ward with high quality services for patients.
Around 1,500 patients are being provided clinical services in the outdoor and causality wings regularly, said he, hoping that the number of beds would be increased to 300 from the present level of 150 by September.
The Chief Secretary awarded Sunita Panigrahi and Ayushi Jena as the best students of MBBS and Nursing, respectively, for 2013-14. He also inaugurated a quarterly newsletter of AIIMS. Among others, AIIMS, New Delhi Director Prof MC Mishra, Dean Dr Bikash Bhatia and Foundation Celebration Committee Chairman Dr Dillip Parida also spoke.