09 JULY 2012The Economic Times
NALCO to establish 100-seat medical college and hospital in Koraput Odissa
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The blue-chip Navratna public sector unit National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) will set up a 100-seat medical college and hospital in the tribal dominated Koraput district in south Odisha. NALCO's refinery and bauxite mining project is located at Damonjodi in the district, one of the most backward districts in the country.
""NALCO has agreed to establish the 100-seat medical college and hospital in Koraput. The PSU will submit its letter of consent to the state government within seven days,"" health minister Prasanna Acharya on Thursday told reporters after meeting Nalco representatives.
The hospital will have 300 beds for the patients. Admission to the medical courses will take place from 2014, the minister said.
There has been a spate of proposals from PSUs and private companies to set up medical colleges in the state, officials said here.
Central PSUs like National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) have agreed to set up a medical college and hospital each in their operation areas.
While NTPC will set up its medical project at Darlipali in Sundergarh district, MCL has agreed to set up a 150-bed medical college at Talcher in Angul district.
The health secretary pointed out that the proposed medical college in Koraput could use the district headquarters hospital for practical classes.
Apart from PSUs, at least eight private organizations also have also evinced interest to set up medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
New Delhi based Centre for Joint Disorder has expressed its interest to set up a 150-bedded hospital in Bhubaneswar while Basanti Charitable Trust of MIITS Group and Bidyabharati Educational Trust of Gandhi Group have applied for land to the government to set up medical colleges in Rayagada district.
Meanwhile, the state government maintained that the Centre had given nod for raising number of MBBS seats from 107 to 150 each in all the three government run medical colleges.
The state government has recently decided to make it mandatory for students passing out of state-run medical colleges to serve for three years in rural areas or pay penalty in default.
""NALCO has agreed to establish the 100-seat medical college and hospital in Koraput. The PSU will submit its letter of consent to the state government within seven days,"" health minister Prasanna Acharya on Thursday told reporters after meeting Nalco representatives.
The hospital will have 300 beds for the patients. Admission to the medical courses will take place from 2014, the minister said.
There has been a spate of proposals from PSUs and private companies to set up medical colleges in the state, officials said here.
Central PSUs like National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) have agreed to set up a medical college and hospital each in their operation areas.
While NTPC will set up its medical project at Darlipali in Sundergarh district, MCL has agreed to set up a 150-bed medical college at Talcher in Angul district.
The health secretary pointed out that the proposed medical college in Koraput could use the district headquarters hospital for practical classes.
Apart from PSUs, at least eight private organizations also have also evinced interest to set up medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
New Delhi based Centre for Joint Disorder has expressed its interest to set up a 150-bedded hospital in Bhubaneswar while Basanti Charitable Trust of MIITS Group and Bidyabharati Educational Trust of Gandhi Group have applied for land to the government to set up medical colleges in Rayagada district.
Meanwhile, the state government maintained that the Centre had given nod for raising number of MBBS seats from 107 to 150 each in all the three government run medical colleges.
The state government has recently decided to make it mandatory for students passing out of state-run medical colleges to serve for three years in rural areas or pay penalty in default.
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