--meets freedom fighter Laxman Mahapatra at Capital Hospital
BHUBANESWAR:
The State Government would start beautification of the Capital
Hospital soon, said Health and
Family Welfare Minister Prasanna Acharya here during his surprise visit to the
hospital on Wednesday. The Government is also taking steps to appoint adequate
staffs and doctors to provide quality service, Acharya said.
Minister Acharya visited different
wards of the hospital and witnessed the hospital condition and problems of the
patients. He found that women patients lying on the floor in the Gynec ward. He
immediately directed the hospital authority to provide beds to the patients
within seven days.
Acharya met freedom fighter Laxman
Mahapatra, who was shifted to destitute ward in the hospital recently without providing
treatment, and inquired about his health condition. He also inquired about the
facilities provided by the State Government for the freedom fighters on free
treatment and other expenses.
The Minister informed that the
bed number in the ICU of the hospital will be increased to 16. For hospital
beautification work, the State Government would sanction Rs 2 crore, he added. “With
the active guidance of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority, we will start the
beautification work and upgradation of the ICU beds in the hospital. Gradually
the quality of the hospital is increasing and the process will continue with
effort of the State Government,” Acharya said.
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