A slew of health developmental projects in Nabarangpur district were inaugurated here on Sunday by Health Minister Pratap Jena.
In a ceremony held in the premises of the Umerkote Community Health Center (CHC), the Minister unveiled the projects including a 30 bedded
MCH building in Umarkote CHC worth Rs 8 crore, 5 bedded NRC building worth Rs 15 lakh and nine digital dispensers worth Rs 50 lakh.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said the Umarkote CHC would be shortly upgraded to a Sub-Divisional Medical and more doctors would be posted here. He further assured to start a blood bank here soon and provide two 108 ambulances to the district.
Among others, Tribal Welfare Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Nabarangpur MlA Monohar Randhari, Umarkote MlA Subash Gond, Collector Ajeet Mishra, and all the district-level medical officers were present.