Chennai based Shankar Netralaya to set up hospital in Berhampur city

The Shankar Netralaya will set up a super speciality hospital in Berhampur city of Odisha. The Chennai based renowned eye hospital has proposed to set up a 200-bed Eye Hospital at Berhampur and the state government has approved the proposal. “The government has also agreed in principle to a proposal from Shankar Netralaya of Chennai to start a 200-bed eye hospital in Berhampur”, health minister Prasanna Acharya said. Similarly, the Public sector undertaking Nalco promised the state government to open a 100-seat medical college and 300-bed hospital in tribal-dominated Koraput district. This raises the number of medical colleges in the pipeline in the state to 12, including three by PSUs. While National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is in the process of starting a medical college in Sundargarh, Mahandi Coalfields Limited is planning one in Talcher. New Delhi-based OSL Group's Centre for Joint Disorders will establish a 150-seat medical college, 750-bed super-speciality hospital, a dental college and a nursing college in Bhubaneswar. The group has promised to start work within two months, the minister said. The upcoming Sardar Rajas medical college and hospital at Jaring in Kalahandi district, being established by Selvam Education and Charitable Trust of Tamil Nadu, will start admitting students from the next academic year, the minister said. The DFID of UK has been preparing a report to facilitate a medical college in Balangir. Similarly, land transfer work for the proposed medical college by Sahyog Foundation in Keonjhar will be fast-tracked, the minister said. Acharya said the government would soon examine the proposals of Basantidevi Charitable Trust and Bidyabharti Charitable Trust as well to open a medical college in Rayagada. The government has asked Bangalore-based Narayana Hrudayalaya, which has taken land from the state government to establish a super-speciality hospital in Bhubaneswar, or start work or return the land. The group has assured to start work by September, informed the Minister.

Source: Times of India