Bhubaneswar: The Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) published its first-ever result of the professional MBBS annual examination for 2023-24.
The Vice-Chancellor and the officers controlling the examination have done a great job by publishing the results within ten days of the examination, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said at a function held at OUHS Campus.
The State Government is all set to include Odisha in the National Digital Health Mission through which, digital mapping of patients’ data will be done and a Unified Identity Card will be issued to them. It will contain all the information related to the disease of the patients, which will help doctors serve the patients in a better way, expected Mahaling.
Ayushman Bharat and Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Health Insurance Scheme will soon be
launched in the State, it will benefit around 1 crore families. In the old health card, healthcare was available only in around 900 Hospitals, but henceforth eligible beneficiaries of the State will get medical services in about 27,000 hospitals across the country, he added.
Following the result declaration, OUHS strengthened its national and international collaborations by signing multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with esteemed institutions and reputed medical faculties. The institutions included ICMR-RMRC Bhubaneswar, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Bhubaneswar, and AIIMS Bhubaneswar Nursing Stream. In addition to these, OUHS formalized collaborations with several renowned national and international doctor faculties from outside the state and abroad, signifying its commitment to global academic excellence and cutting-edge research, informed VC Prof Dr. Manash Ranjan Sahu.
It is to note that in the professional BBS examination 2023-24, Shubhalaxmi Padhi of Sahid Rando Majhi Medical College in Kalahandi secured the top position having 726 marks out of 900.
Similarly, Pratikhya Paul, Subhalaxmi Padhi and Hiranmayee Padmaja Tripathi bagged top positions in Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry respectively.