Tag: Pratap Jena

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Nurses on protest given 24-hrs ultimatum to resume duty

Bhubaneswar: Distressed over the unending protest of the nurses at the capital city, National Health Mission (NHM) Director Shalini Pandit today gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the agitating nurses to resume their duties. The nurses today refused to call off their stir even after their union secretary urged them to postpone it for two months. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Despite govt’s intervention, contractual nurses refuse to end stir

Bhubaneswar: Contractual staff nurses, who have been on an indefinite protest since December 18, refused to call off their stir even after getting assurance from Odisha’s Health Minister Pratap Jena regarding redressal of their grievances. The protesters said they will continue the stir till they get a written assurance from the government as they are […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Separated conjoined twins: Jaga to get discharged soon, Kalia still recovering

Bhubaneswar: Jaga, one of the separated Kandhamal conjoined twins is recovering at a good pace and might get discharged from AIIMS hospital in New Delhi in one-and-a-half-month, informed Health Minister Pratap Jena on Wednesday. Talking to mediapersons in Bhubaneswar, Jena said as Jaga is recovering at a faster pace, he may be discharged soon while […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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OMSA protests suspension of doctors, to launch cease-work

Bhubaneswar: Lodging a stiff protest against suspension of five doctors for dereliction of duty, the Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) today demanded immediate revocation of the suspension order threatening that it would resort to cease-work strike from December 13. The medicos association informed that doctors in Jagatsinghpur district will wear black badges on duty as […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Odisha govt warns to take strict action against absentee doctors

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has issued an official notification directing 108 doctors, who are on unauthorised leave from their place of duty, to submit replies within one month or face legal action. The State government has so far issued notices to the said 108 doctors several times directing them to join duty at their respective appointed […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Condition of Kalia has hardly improved: Health Minister

New Delhi: Condition of Kalia, one of the separated conjoined twins, has hardly improved after the operation, said Odisha’s Health Minister Pratap Jena today. “As Kalia is being administered dosages for suffering from epileptic fits, he remains drowsy and sleepy all the time,” added Jena. He further stated that the other twin, Jaga, has improved […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Health of Separated Conjoined Twins Jaga & Kalia improving

Bhubaneswar: Health of the separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia is improving and they are recovering at a good pace, informed Health Minister Pratap Jena here on Thursday. According to sources, Jaga is consuming rice, dal and eggs with ease and listening to music sitting on his mother’s lap. However, Jena informed that Kalia is […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Separation of conjoined twins: Kalia’s condition 'unpredictable'

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: While Jaga, one of the separated conjoined twins of Kandhamal district, has started taking diet orally and showing signs of improvement, Kalia’s condition on the other hand is unpredictable, AIIMS, New Delhi officials informed in a press release today. As per the release, Jaga is happy on his mother’s lap and responding to […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Balijatra festival begins in Cuttack

Cuttack: The annual ‘Balijatra’ festival was inaugurated today by Health and Law Minister Pratap Jena at Gadagadia ghat here on the banks of river Mahanadi. The week-long famous fair on an area of 30 acres on the river bank will continue till November 10. It got the nod from east zone bench of National Green […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Prayers answered! Jaga-Kalia discharged from OT, under observation

New Delhi: The conjoined twins of Kandhamal Jaga-Kalia were discharged from the Operation Theatre (OT) this morning after the plastic surgery was completed at around last midnight. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik heaped praise on a team of doctors at New Delhi’s AIIMS for successfully separating craniopagus (joined at the head) infant twins. “Glad to […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia separated

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Kandhamal conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia have been separated during the second phase surgery today at New Delhi AIIMS, informed Odisha Health minister Pratap Jena. The phase II cranial separation surgery of the twins began today at AIIMS, New Delhi at around 9 am. The surgery is likely to take 12 to 13 more […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Phase II separation surgery of conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia begins

Bhubaneswar: The phase II cranial separation surgery of Kandhamal conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia has begun today at AIIMS, New Delhi. The process may take 25 to 27 hours, informed Health Minister Pratap Jena. “The twins were taken to Operation Theatre (OT) at 6 am today. After necessary clinical arrangements, the team of experts started the operation, […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Odisha to amend Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is planning to amend the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 in pursuant to which a team led by the chairperson of Odisha State Commission for Women Lopamudra Baxipatra held discussions with Law minister Pratap Jena today. There are many loopholes in the prevailing act […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Eying at a better vision, State launches unique eye care programme

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to minimise the number of curable visually challenged persons in the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched Universal Eye Care Programme, which is the first of its kind in the country. “Odisha is the first State in the country to have formulated a Universal Eye Care Programme with an expenditure […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Delayed action: 6 arrested in egg attack on Baijayant

Salipur: Barely four days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed the State Assembly that no arrest has been made so far in only one out of 16 egg hurling incidents reported in Odisha in last six years, police arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in attack on MP Baijayant Panda in Mahanga on May […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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