Odisha To Open New Nursing, Paramedical Institutions

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has streamlined the procedures for opening new nursing, paramedical or allied medical science institutions and obtaining a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for this.

The government has modified the guidelines for issuing NOC to different institutions for the opening of new courses or renewal of NOC or enhancement of intake capacity or change of address in Nursing, Paramedical, or Allied Medical Science courses.

• The GIS and Gap analysis system for determining the requirement of a number of institutions in a district shall be discontinued. No application prior to the issue of this notification shall be entertained for revalidation.
• Private entrepreneurs shall be encouraged for establishing high-quality and sustainable healthcare educational institutions for imparting qualitative high-skilled education in Nursing, Pharmacy & Allied Medical Science courses and generating highly skilled healthcare personnel in the state.
• Government shall take steps to set up Government institutions as per demand for unserved areas, if required.
• The inspection by the District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate, Block Development Officer, Deputy Collector, Tehsildar, etc. shall be discontinued. The inspection shall now be conducted by a team of inspectors who are experts in the Medical or Paramedical or Nursing or Allied Science subjects related to the course applied. The team for inspection shall be prepared by the Chairman of the concerned councils under intimation to Health and Family Welfare Department.
• All the institutions who are unable to provide quality education and do not fulfill the minimum standard requirements recommended by the concerned Councils shall be discouraged and NOC if issued shall be revoked after following due procedure.

In order to have a common guideline and to have a rational fee structure, the government has formulated guidelines to be followed while issuing NOC for different courses of Nursing, D Pharm, B Pharm, M Pharm, DMLT, DMRT, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and different Allied Medical Science Courses in the state.

Notably, the guidelines will be effective in the upcoming academic session. This step shall encourage the establishment of a greater number of high-quality professional institutions in the state to provide skilled healthcare workers in different streams.