Tag: Vimsar

Sambalpur: The newly formed Western Odisha United Platform (Paschim Odisha Milita Manch) in a press meet held today at Sambalpur presented its 7-point charter of demands including declaration of Gandhamardhan Hills as National property and ban on mining in the hills in future. The other demands include, filling up teacher vacancies in schools, irrigation facility, […]

Burla: Disturbing and insensitive to presence of other patients around, a dead body of an under-trial prisoner (UTP) has been allowed to lie on the bed inside the ICU ward of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Vimsar) in Burla since yesterday. According to sources, the deceased identified as Subash Patel died […]

Sambalpur: The Odisha government on Wednesday sent a clear message to the agitating medicos at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla that it will take action against the doctors who fail to join their new place of work. Informing this to media, additional secretary of Health Department Surjit Das said […]

Sambalpur: Protesting the transfer order of 14 doctors of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), BJP’s Burla Nagar Unit has given a 12-hour bandh call today. The bandh call comes on the heels of a government notification ordering transfer of the doctors to Berhampur, Baripada and Koraput. “BJP is not eyeing […]

Sambalpur: Medicos including junior doctors, house surgeons, PG doctors and UG medical students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla today staged a unified protest against the transfer order of 14 doctors of the medical college. The development came after a government notification earlier in the day ordering the […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could be seen as an eye opener how the PG doctors at several government medical colleges of the State are being tortured mentally and physically by their respective professors and department heads, the Directorate of Medial Education and Training (DMET) has sought a report from all the college heads on these allegations. […]

Bargarh: A farmer of Bargarh district died while undergoing treatment at the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khainu Bagarti of Kenpalli village in the district. Sources said the farmer committed suicide by consuming poison on Sunday due to severe crop loss and […]

Sambalpur: The Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested Saroj Kumar Sethi, an associate professor of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla, while he was taking a bribe from a patient. According to sources, the anti-corruption wing of Odisha Police caught Sethi red-handed while he was taking a bribe of Rs […]

Bolangir: The Town Police today detained six persons for allegedly thrashing an auto-rickshaw driver who succumbed to his injuries at Veer Surendra Sai Medical College and Hospital (VIMSAR) in Burla late on Wednesday night. Informing the media today, IIC of Town Police Station Prashant Patnaik said the deceased, identified as Chaitanya Suna was on the […]

Bhubaneswar: Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Science and Research (VIMSAR) in Sambalpur will be developed as a super specialty hospital, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said on Thursday. According to reports, a decision in this regard was taken at the governing body meeting which was held at the Secretariat today. Talking to newsmen after the […]

Burla: Junior doctors at the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Science and Research (VIMSAR), Burla called off their cease-work agitation today after an assurance by the institute’s Principal that election of the Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) will be put on hold. Notably, the medicos had staged the stir earlier in the day protesting the Principal’s […]

Sambalpur: Vigilance sleuths today raided the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) and found 11 doctors missing from duty. Two of them were found working in private clinics while nine others were absent from without taking leave from the authorities, vigilance official said. The anti-graft agency’s move came after allegations that […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of two back to back botched-up blood transfusion cases, the State Health department has sought a report from the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) regarding the incidents, which have raised a question on the safety of blood transfusion in the state. After attending a high level meeting convened to take stock of […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after the botched up blood transfusion at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla, another such case of callousness of hospital authorities has come to fore. This time the victim is a thre- year old girl of Balasore. Parents of Tazeen Parween alleged that their daughter has been […]

Bhubaneswar/ Burla: Taking strong note of the botched blood transfusion in Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, the Health and Family welfare department has suspended blood bank official Rajendra Patnaik. According to sources, the laboratory technician and the data entry operator have also been dismissed from service for the ‘administrative […]