Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the Ayub Khan Multi-Specialty Hospital at Kantbanji in Balangir district through video conferencing.
This will enable the people of Balangir district especially Kantbanji and Titilagarh to get better quality healthcare. Chief Minister Patnaik thanked eminent leader and social worker Ayub Khan.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that the policy of my government is that every life is precious. It is in this ideal that we work and work to provide better healthcare to the poorest people in the society, he added.
The Chief Minister said that there has been a transformation in the healthcare sector in the state in the last decade.
Due to the establishment of new medical colleges, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana and Niramaya etc., the poor people are able to avail treatment and medicines free of cost.
He said that health infrastructure in the state has improved with the establishment of eight new medical colleges in the state along with Santha Bhima Bhoi Medical College in Balangir.
Stating that the state is producing more than 2000 doctors every year, he said that all the doctor posts in the state will be filled by the end of this year.
Health Minister Niranjan Pujari, Planning and Coordination Minister Rajendra Prasad Dholakia, Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Minister Rita Sahu, MP Basant Panda, MP Niranjan Bishi among others participated in this programme.
