Tag: Odisha Health Department

The Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has directed all state-run medical colleges and hospitals for strict monitoring and crackdown on brokers or middlemen indulged in diverting patients to private clinics and hospitals from OPDs of government hospitals across the State.

It has also been instructed to take immediate steps to put in place proper signboards in Odia and English from the point of entry to the hospital, giving clear directions/route charts to the location of various OPD Departments

Anandpur does not have a good quality hospital and people in need of even basic health diagnosis are forced to travel more than a hundred km all the way to Cuttack, alleged Sethi.

Interested candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria can apply online for the posts by visiting official website- www.nhmodisha.gov.in. Online application form will be available from 22 March 2022 to 5 April 2022 till 11.59 P.M. 

The State saw 35 deaths in the last 24 days. 26 percent of fatalities have no co-morbidity condition. 54 percent deaths in 60-plus years. A total of 389 patients have been undergoing treatment in the ICUs across districts in the State

In the third wave, around 344 children in the age group of 0-18 years get infected every day as against 241 during the long second wave and 62 in the first wave

Despite 80 pc fully immunisation in 19-40 yrs, the daily caseload is high. Vaccination is 0 percent in 0-18 yrs, but the load is lower. UK govt says Omicron less prevalent in children

The Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday issued an advisory to manage inventory of drugs so that no expired medicines could be dispensed to any patient at any government hospital or government medical college.

The Health Department will keep a close watch on the rush and crowd during Puja times and put emphasis on the enforcement of Covid appropriate behaviour

Never before in the preceding five years, the State has ever witnessed such a surge in deaths due to causes not known so far

The Odisha government has asked the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar to conduct state-level serological surveillance in 12 districts. 

Malkangiri/Dhenkanal/Nuapada: The state government has decided to allocate space for public–private partnership (PPP) hospitals under Affordable Healthcare Project at three district headquarters hospitals. In a letter, the Health and Family Welfare Department on Thursday directed Malkangiri Collector to allocate space for retrofitting an approximately 100- bedded PPP hospital along with existing departments at the district […]

The Odisha Government is well prepared for the possible third wave of Covid pandemic even though there is no immediate threat of a next wave in the State.

The Odisha Government today directed all district administrations and Civic Bodies to dispose the bodies of the Covid-19 patients in a dignified manner in consultation with the bereaved family and hand over the body to the family members if the patient tests Covid negative at the time of death.

The State Health Minister of Odisha, Naba Das has once again landed in soup after reports of appointing his daughter Deepali Das as his official representative have started to do rounds.