Bhubaneswar: The Health & Family Welfare Department of the Odisha Government through a notification issued on Monday renamed the Nehru Shatabdi Hospital of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) at Talcher in Angul district as ‘Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Government Hospital’.
This hospital will function as the future teaching hospital of the proposed ‘Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Medical College & Hospital’.
“The State Government has approved setting up of a new Medical College, namely Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Medical College & Hospital at Talcher vide order No. 20135 dtd. 10.08.2023 of Health & Family Welfare Department. In preparation for functionalisation of the new Medical College, the existing Nehru Shatabdi Hospital of MCL is being taken over by the Government. After careful consideration Government have been pleased to name this hospital as the “Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Government Hospital”, which will function as the future teaching hospital for the proposed medical college,” reads the notification issued by the Health & Family Welfare Department on Monday.
Pradhan was a freedom fighter and served as deputy chief minister of Odisha.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in July had announced that the proposed medical college at Talcher in Angul district will be named after freedom fighter and former deputy CM Pradhan.
The Health & Family Welfare Department shared the information on its X (formerly Twitter) handle today.
After careful consideration, #Odisha Government has approved to name the Nehru Shatabdi Hospital of MCL as 'Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Government Hospital', which will function as the future teaching hospital of the proposed Medical College. #OdishaCares pic.twitter.com/CEgmp3W79Z
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) December 4, 2023
