Odisha to Set Up 2 Large COVID-19 Hospitals

Bhubaneswar (Pramit Pramathes): Odisha has planned to set up a large COVID-19 hospital to provide superb facilities to COVID-19 patients. Accordingly, the state government signed two tripartite MoUs with SUM and KIMS Hospital at Loka Seba Bhawan today to set up a 1000 bedded state level hospital in Capital for treatment of Corona patients.

OMC and MCL will provide the CSR funding for this purpose. Both the new facilities will be functional in a fortnight. In this connection the first MoU signed by Govt of Odisha was represented by health secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal, MD of OMC Vineel Krishna and KIMS management to set up a 450 bedded hospital.

The second MoU was signed by health secretary and SS Panda of MCL and SUM hospital management to set up a 500 bedded hospital along with ICU facility. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik congratulated the partners and thanked the corporates OMC and MCL for coming forward and working in synergy in the interest of the people of Odisha.