SCB hoarding on healthcare soon

CUTTACK: Authorities of SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) will soon put up hoardings on health schemes of the Sate and Central governments near the campus to create awareness among the public. It was decided during a meeting of the Traffic Management Committee (TMC) chaired by Commissioner of Police YB Khurania on Friday.

Earlier, the Superintendent of SCBMCH, in a letter, had urged the committee to remove all private hoardings from in and outside the hospital to facilitate them in launching the awareness drive.
Sources said the private hoardings, banners and flexes put up illegally by business houses, political parties, private hospitals and educational institutes in and around the SCBMCH is affecting the sanctity of the Government-run premier hospital of the State.

Acting on the letter, all private hoardings have already been removed from the premises of SCBMCH and steps are being taken to clear it from outside of the campus, said ACP (Traffic) PK Dalali.

As per the decision, Cuttack Municipal Corporation(CMC) authorities will clear all the illegal hoardings and unauthorised vendors near the SCBMCH campus within a month. Then, the hospital authorities will put up the hoardings highlighting different health and family welfare schemes and programmes of the governments.

Health camp held at civil court

Cuttack: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), in association with the Chief District Medical Office (CDMO), on Saturday organised a free health check-up camp on the premises of civil court here. More than 300 people, including lawyers, officials of district court and paralegal volunteers attended the camp. Orissa High Court Judge Justice Sanju Panda also visited the camp. District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman of DLSA Satya Narayan Mishra, CDMO Dr Biswa Kalyan Patnaik, ADMO Jagat Jyoti, Medicine Specialist Dr Tapan Kumar Mitra, Dr Banambar Mohapatra, Surgery Specialist Umesh Ray, Orthopaedist Dr Partha Sarthi Das, Civil Court Registrar Bibhu Prasad Panda, DLSA Secretary Gargi Patnaik were present.