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27 November 2012 21:45
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Balangir BJD MP
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has demanded setting up of a medical college at
Balangir in view of the Union Government’s decision to establish 60 medical
colleges in the country during the period from 2012 to 2017.
He, in a letter to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has urged him to consider the request for
medical college keeping in view the backwardness and poor health service
facilities in this KBK region. Singh Deo has stated that as the Union Government
has decided to allow Odisha four medical colleges out of the 60 during the
Twelfth Plan period in partnership with the State Government, Balangir should
be included in the list. Balangir is in the KBK region, where health conditions
of the people are poor, he has pointed out.
The Balangir District
Headquarters Hospital is facing infrastructure inadequacies though a lot of
improvements have been made by the State Government. With a large number of
patients needing healthcare, setting up of a medical college at Balangir would
go a long way in this regard, said Singh Deo.
He has argued that setting up of a medical college would ease the severe shortage of medical professionals such as doctors and helping hands for medical care. Odisha has less number of Government medical colleges compared to the neighbouring States like Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, he has pointed out.
He has argued that setting up of a medical college would ease the severe shortage of medical professionals such as doctors and helping hands for medical care. Odisha has less number of Government medical colleges compared to the neighbouring States like Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, he has pointed out.
In fact a medical
college is more than an educational institution for local people in backward
pockets. It serves as a hospital for secondary and tertiary health facilities
providing better service and facilities for locals in backward region, he has
further pointed out. It may be noted that though the State Government tried to
set up a private medical college with funds from the Western Odisha Development
Council (WODC), private promoters have been backing out from the project.
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