Tag: Kalyansinghpur

Kalyansinghpur: Maoist posters and banners asking villagers of Kalyansinghpur area in Rayagada district to abstain from the upcoming three-tier panchayat polls were found at various places in Sikarpal area in the district on Saturday. The posters and banners mentioning the names of CPI (M) secretaries Das Brahma and Umakanta Mishra were found at various places […]

Kalyansinghpur: As many as 15 persons were injured as a bus in which they were travelling lost control and fell off a bridge near Kutingaguda under Kashipur block in Rayagada district on Saturday morning. According to sources, the incident took place at around 8 am today, while the ill-fated bus was on its way to […]

Rayagada: In yet another case of collapsed health care services in the State, a woman and her new born baby died on Monday in the district, as the ambulance she needed to reach the nearby hospital failed to turn up in time. Sources said, family members of a pregnant lady in Ghagudimal village under Kalyansinghpur […]

Kalyansinghpur: In a shocking incident, the bodies of a woman and her two daughters were found inside a locked house in Kalyansinghpur of Rayagada district. Another two-year-old girl was found unconscious inside the room. According to sources, the deceased have been identified as Anganwadi worker of Belakana village Utkala Shukla and her daughters Pinki (aged […]

Rayagada: In the wake of three deaths due to diarrhoea in Kalyansinghpur block of Rayagada district few days ago, a three member team of Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar on Thursday visited the affected areas of the district and took stock of situation. They had a discussion with inhabitants of Dantalinga village of the […]

Bhawanipatna/ Rayagada: Vehicular traffic in five blocks of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts was disrupted today as a result of a bandh being observed by the Maoists to protest the killing of a local youth in an false encounter by police a few days back. The Bandh has been called by Maoists belonging to Bansadhara-Ghumusar- Nagabali […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after a pregnant woman in Rayagada district reached hospital in a cot as the ambulance reached late, the Odisha Human Rights Commission today registered a suo motu complaint and asked the Collector of the concerned district to submit a report within 14 days over the circumstances that led to such a deplorable […]

Rayagada: There seems to be no improvement in basic infrastructure in remote areas as patients continue to face hardship in seeking emergency medical services in Odisha. In one glaring example, a patient had to be carried in a sling for nearly 8 kms before he was shifted to the nearest hospital. The incident has been […]

The sorry spectacle of the poor tribal woman in Kalyansinghpur area of Rayagada district delivering inside a Tata Magic while on her way to the hospital puts the spotlight back on the rickety state of our health care services, especially in the remote, tribal areas of the state. It also reminds us that the much vaunted 102 and 108 ambulance services that were conceived to avoid precisely this kind of a situation have failed the people they were meant for in the first place. They have invariably failed to arrive when they are needed the most

Rayagada: One person died while over 20 others fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious country-made liquor at Kataguda village in Kalyansinghpur area of Rayagada district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Dhanphul Huika, a native of Dhepaguda. Around 30 people including Dhanphul reportedly fell sick after they consumed liquor and developed symptoms like […]

Kalyansinghpur: The tall claim of Odisha government providing quality healthcare services have fallen flat once again after a pregnant woman was carried in a sling for around four kilometres to reach ambulance in absence of non-motorable road. The incident took place at Godibali, a tribal dominated village under Kashipur block here in Rayagada district on […]