Bhubaneswar: The Odisha authorities on Sunday introduced institution of latest well being college within the state.

The Odisha University of Health Sciences could have headquarters in Bhubaneswar, the notification issued by Health and Family Welfare Department stated.

Proposed in early 2000s, the by-laws and guidelines for the college have been submitted to the federal government by an skilled committee in 2005. The invoice titled Odisha University of Health Sciences Act, 2021, was cleared by the Assembly on September 3, 2021. The course of to determine an acceptable website for the proposed college started six months later. Dean and Principal of SCB Medical College and Hospital Prof Dr Datteswar Hota was appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to supervise preliminary functioning of the college. The Act got here into drive in April 2022.

More than 100 medical establishments ranging from nursing to medical faculties and pharmacy allied medical science to physiotherapy will come underneath its ambit. While the de-affiliation and affiliation course of will take at the least six months, the syllabus and examination sample of various universities might be clubbed collectively to introduce a uniform syllabus, sources added.

Check the notification right here: