Tarbha NAC headquarters hospital is one of the old hospitals here. The NAC apart, 21 panchayats and hundreds of small villages in both Balangir and Sonepur districts depend on it.
But this hospital has inadequate infrastructure and manpower. Consequently, the patients suffer a lot.
Many times, the patients have to sleep on the hospital corridor. Even if four doctors are present in the hospital, it is running without any specialists. Dr Khirod Mishra is a gynaecology specialist, but he doing duty of a medical officer. Besides him, Dr Chittqranjan Padhan, Dr Padhi and Dr Ramesh Behera are in the hospital.
After the transfer of Dr Suresh Chandra Mahanty, there is no children specialist since there years. After transfer of Dr Purusottam Padhan and Dr Nirmala Chandra Pati, the posts of Specialists in Medicine and ENT are vacant for many years here. Eventually, Dr Sashmita Panda was also transferred to Rampur on deputation a few years ago, and the post is vacant till now.
Not only doctors, menial staff posts are also vacant. Whereas four nsweepers, five nurses and three clerks are required in the hospital, it is running with one sweeper, three nurses and one clerk.