Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has accepted a proposal of SUM Health Care Services for setting up 50-bedded multi-speciality hospitals in each district of the state to extend affordable and quality healthcare to the people at the grass root level.
The Rs 1000 crore project aimed to provide primary, secondary, trauma, emergency, diagnostic, geriatric care and physiotherapy facilities along with pharmacy outlets in each district headquarter town of the state, Project Manager of SUM Healthcare Services, Anurag Nayak said on Thursday.
The investment would create direct employment for 900 people and indirect job opportunities for around 6000 persons, he said in a statement.
The acceptance of the proposal was announced at the Utkarsh Odisha conclave in Bhubaneswar in the presence of the Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling and Commissioner-cum- Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare department S. Aswathy, the statement said.
