Bhubaneswar, Jan 21 (FN Representative) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday dedicated the new campus of IMS and SUM Hospital at Phulnakhara located on NH-16 between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Inaugurating the new facility, Patnaik said it will provide a huge boost to healthcare needs in twin cities and the entire state. The Chief Minister went round the different departments in the hospital after inaugurating it. The new hospital, which will have around 750 beds to start with, will increase the same in phases to 3000 within two years. It will have most of the departments and cutting-edge technology to go with it including advanced cancer care. The new hospital’s onco care facilities will include radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and diagnostic equipment. The location of the hospital will greatly benefit patients as they would be able to access it from anywhere.
Eminent health care experts, either trained overseas or in reputed medical institutions in India who have been extending high quality specialist and super specialty medical care to the patients drawn from all socio-economic strata at affordable cost at IMS and SUM Hospital, will also serve the new hospital. The Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) in Bhubaneswar has emerged as one of the most popular healthcare centres in Odisha and its neighbouring states. “The new hospital will have the objective to become a milestone in the state’s healthcare ecosystem,” SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda said. He said another campus of SUM Hospital was being set up at Sitalapalli in Ganjam district and it was expected to be dedicated to the people by the end of January.
The hospital will have 350 beds and all necessary modern healthcare infrastructure, he said. “The three hospitals run by SOA will complement each other while striving to extend quality healthcare to the people,” he said adding treatment under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) would be extended to eligible patients in all the three hospitals. Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak, Founder President of SOA, welcomed the chief minister. SOA Vice-President Saswati Das, SOA‘s Principal Advisor (Health Sciences) Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra and Medical Superintendent Prof. Pusparaj Samantasinhar were also present on the occasion.