Odisha Govt Extends Period of Patients’ Facilitation Center in Visakhapatnam
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has extended the period of the ‘Patients’ Facilitation Center’ opened by the State Government in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh for another year (2023-24). The State Government has also provided Rs 10 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for he center. While approving the proposal in this regard, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has extended the period of the ‘Patients’ Facilitation Center’ opened by the State Government in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh for another year (2023-24).
The State Government has also provided Rs 10 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for he center.
While approving the proposal in this regard, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the decision will continue to provide medical facilities to the poor and tribals traveling from Malkangiri to Visakhapatnam.
It is worth mentioning here that the State Government had set up a patient support center in Visakhapatnam in 2016. As Visakhapatnam is very close to Odisha’s Malkangiri district and has quality medical facilities, most of the patients from the district go there for treatment.
Patients from Malkangiri are provided with free accommodation and food at the patient support center. Between 2016 and 2022, the state government provided assistance of Rs 55 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to this medical center. Rs 25 lakh was provided in 2016 and Rs 10 lakh each in 2020, 2021, and 2022, according to an official release.
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