By Our Correspondent
KEONJHAR/BHUBANESWAR: Dharanidhar Medical College and Hospital in Keonjhar was on Monday inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. One Cancer care unit and nursing college will be opened soon on its premises, CM Patnaik said.
5T Secretray VK Pandian, Health and Family Welfare Secretary Salin Pandit, MLAs and MP of Keonjhar were among those present on this occasion.
Set up over an area of 44 acre land at an investment of Rs 480 crore, Dharanidhar MCH is the 10th medical college in Odisha.
The Dharanidhar medical college presently has 22 departments with strength of 55 teaching faculties and 28 senior residents and tutors.
Total 100 students from various states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha have been admitted to the Dharanidhar Medical College in the first batch for the academic session 2022-23. Of total students, 39 belong to state government schools in Odisha. CM inaugurated 259 developmental projects worth Rs 4703.24 crore for the district at the event.
