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Odisha healthcare expansion and infrastructure upgrades

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Odisha healthcare expansion and infrastructure upgrades

In late July 2026 2026, the Odisha government approved 152 new super‑speciality super-speciality posts and added five specialty departments to its medical colleges. The following week, on On 5 August 2026, Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling led the State Health and Family Welfare Department, led by Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling, signed Department in signing ten Memoranda of Understanding with a range of partners (MoUs) to reinforce the this expansion. The MoUs These agreements involve AIIMS Delhi’s Centre for Emergency and Trauma Care for a district‑level district-level trauma centre, the All India Institute of Ayurveda for integrating Ayurveda traditional medicine into trauma care, Gujarat’s I‑Hub I-Hub for medical‑education medical-education innovation, and the Quality Council of India for NABL accreditation of district and sub‑divisional laboratories, and the Antara Foundation. laboratories. Corporate partners include including the Adani Group, which will build rest houses for patients’ attendants, the Tata Steel Foundation, and the Kaivalya Education Foundation. Earlier agreements Foundation are also linked Amrita Hospital, the International Finance Corporation and other Ayurveda institutes to support trauma‑care centres, promote traditional medicine, fund medical‑education startups, accredit labs, construct college rest houses involved in supporting infrastructure and run free congenital heart disease screening camps. patient services. Mahaling described the signing as “historic,” underscoring the state’s drive aiming to broaden advanced clinical services, reduce patient travel and strengthen healthcare delivery, research clinical services. On 19 August 2026, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed infrastructure upgrades at SCB Medical College and education across Odisha. Hospital in Cuttack. Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan reported that construction on two blocks of a new hospital building is complete, with an expected inauguration in December and full operations by January. The modernized complex is intended to provide expanded bed capacity, high-capacity clinical blocks, and residential housing for staff, with a Detailed Project Report being drafted to guide subsequent construction phases.

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  1. 2026-08-19 18:04 UTC Odisha healthcare expansion and infrastructure upgrades
  2. 2026-08-06 03:13 UTC Odisha healthcare expansion
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