Odisha Govt extends super-specialty healthcare in people living in remote pockets

Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (UNI) As many as 1,398 critically ill patients from remote areas of Malkangiri district were provided specialist and super-specialist treatment free of cost through a special camp arranged at Malkangiri District Headquarter hospital from 18 to 21 August under Mukhyamantri Bayu Swasthya Seva yojana (MBSSY).

Out of them, 260 were cardiology patients, 415 were neurology patients, 263 were under gastroenterology, 229 were under endocrinology, 231 were under nephrology, and 6 were treated through laparoscopic surgery. Besides, ECG and endoscopy diagnosis was done for 130 and 59 patients, respectively, said officials.

The team of super-specialists and consultants from SCB Medical College and Hospital joined the camp and treated the patients.
It may be recalled here that the previous BJD-led Government in 2023 had launched the MBBSS in a bid to strengthen the healthcare delivery system and provide super-specialty health service to all the needy people of remote districts, where healthcare is unreachable or difficult to reach.

The scheme envisaged that a team of medical experts from Medical Colleges will move by air to far-flung districts along with necessary equipment to provide super specialty, medical treatment and therapeutic interventions to the identified patients. The health service of this nature is being implemented in backward districts of Nuapada Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, and Malkangiri in pilot mode.