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The Odisha Government’s Labour and Employees’ State Insurance Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) of the Government of India to develop an ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Andharua, Bhubaneswar.
According to government sources, the projected medical college’s permanent site will be established in Andharua. In the first phase, the existing ESIC Hospital in Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, would be used to start academic and healthcare operations immediately.
On Monday, the Labour Department formally handed over the ESIC Hospital to the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. Officials believe the project will greatly boost Odisha’s healthcare infrastructure and medical education facilities.
The existing 100-bed ESIC Hospital in Chandrasekharpur will be expanded to a 220-bed hospital. The improved facility is anticipated to provide comprehensive healthcare services, such as dialysis and super-specialty care, to ESIC beneficiaries throughout the state.
The MoU signing event took place in the conference hall on the fifth floor of Kharavel Bhavan in Bhubaneswar, in the presence of senior state government officials and ESIC.
Chithra Arumugam, Additional Chief Secretary of the Labour and Employees’ State Insurance Department, attended the programme with other senior officials.
The agreement was signed on behalf of the Odisha Government by Additional Secretary Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, ESIC Scheme Director Madhumita Nayak, Joint Director Dr. Suryanarayan Padhi, and Superintendent of ESIC Hospital, Chandrasekharpur, Dr. Amiya Kumar Samal.
East Zone Medical Commissioner Dr. Rachita Biswas, Regional Director of the Bhubaneswar Regional Office Rudradeep Dutta, State Medical Officer Dr. Abha Tirkey, and Executive Engineer (In-Charge) Sandeep Goel all signed the MoU on behalf of ESIC.
Officials lauded the arrangement as a significant step toward improving healthcare services and boosting medical education options in Odisha.
