This collaboration proved very successful in the containment of the pandemic. NCDC would further strengthen State's strength in disease surveillance and public health service: Shalini Pandit, Chairmanship of Secretary, Conference Hall of the Health and Family Welfare department
The state government is committed to providing universal access, quality health care services and bringing down the out-of-pocket expenses of the people said CM Naveen Patnaik.
As many as 55 doctors and 59 paramedics joined the Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospitals and dispensaries on Monday. An orientation programme was conducted for these newly recruited doctors and paramedics.
"News like people selling land and valuables or dropping their children out of schools to manage their treatment costs pains me. Hence, I have decided to take away such distress and provide hassle-free treatment to people at best available health care facilities," CM said.
The Sri Shankar Foundation will run the 750-bed cancer hospital, while a Bengaluru-based hospice trust will run the 110-bed palliative care unit.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Justice Vineet Saran, Judge, Supreme Court of India, Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, Justice Kalpesh Jhaveri, former Chief Justice of Orissa HC and state Health and Family Welfare Minister NK Das were present during the signing of the MoU on Thursday.
Acting on a letter from Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan written on October 26, the government is in the process of forming a steering committee, a state taskforce and district level task forces, additional chief secretary (health) (ACS-health) Pradipta Mohapatra said.
Maharashtra recorded nearly 25,000 new infections (24,886) on Friday, accounting for more than a fourth of the national count of 97,937 fresh cases, according to TOI’s data collated from state governments. Both the counts were the highest recorded in a single day so far.
This is the sixth plasma bank which has inaugurated by Patnaik.
Kerala (12), Maharashtra (11) and Punjab (10) reported new cases in double digits even as the national count in the past two days alone stood at 133, accounting for 40% of all cases since the first one was confirmed on January 30.
The outbreaks of the waterborne disease have been attributed to contamination of drinking water due to leakage in pipelines.
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