Orissa
Health in Orissa
Healthy society gives births to healthy individuals. Before independence many states of India were basically underdeveloped in providing the health services and so many factors were responsible for this. Since independence the health infrastructure of Orissa is gradually developing and maintaining a standard. For providing qualitative medical services to the people, medical education has become a top priority.
Keeping the importance of the matter in mind three Govt . medical colleges have been started with good infrastructure which are best at specialized treatments for various diseases. In the rural areas Primary Health Centres, Sub-Primary Health Centres are there to take care of the patients. In recent years the ground for health infrastructure has been designed in such a manner which attracts reputed players in the health sectors to invest in Orissa without second thought. As a result of which a number of specialized hospitals in their concerned fields have opened their branches in Orissa.
Besides a no. of private hospitals, large numbers of high standard nursing homes, diagnostic centres, pathological labs, clinics, are operating through out Orissa for which the state has become a hot destination for medical facilities in the eastern India. The patients from neighboring states are coming in large numbers everyday for getting best medical care.
The health system in Orissa is practically designed to provide people necessary health support during their need, which is delivered at different levels.
- Facts and Figures of Health Services in Orissa
- Mechanism of Health Services in Orissa
- Aganbadi
- Initiatives of State Government
Facts and Figures of Health Services in Orissa
| Health Services | Number |
|---|---|
| 1. Community Health Centres | 158 |
| 2. Hospitals in the State | 181 |
| 3. Primary Heath Care Centres (PHC) | 1166 |
| 4. Ayurvedic Hospitals and Dispensaries | 524 |
| 5. Homeopathic Hospitals and Dispensaries | 464 |
| 6. Mobile Health Unit | 13 |
| 7. Diagnostic Centre | 10 |
| 8. Doctors per million Population | 195 |
| 9. Beds per million Population | 432 |
Mechanism of Health Services in Orissa
Anganbadi
Anganbadi in rural areas of Orissa works as the best medium of health services. Rural women during their maternity depend upon on the Anganbadi Workers for update medical advices. Anganbadi workers are properly trained on basic first aid services for infants and pregnant women. The immunization programmes of health and family welfare department for women and children are conducted by the Anganbadi workers. The state Govt . supplies the most essential drugs for various diseases to the Anganbadi workers to which they supply to the people by moving door to door. Anganbadi works as an alternative medical facilitating unit for the people who don’t have hospitals in the near by areas.
Initiatives of State Government
The Govt . of Orissa is working efficiently to provide the best available medical facilities to the people. So as an initiative, the Govt. has persuaded many best hospitals of India for operating in Orissa. The state Govt. is providing basic infrastructure facilities in a fine tuned manner to the investors of medical sector. The land, road, electricity, water, communication facilities are being provided to them by the state Govt. Conducive atmosphere has been created in recent days for best players in this field to extend their hands for progressive partnership with the Govt. of Orissa. The days are over when people of Orissa were going for a general medical test to far away, but the wind has started blowing in the favour of Orissa and people from far away have started coming here because we provide advanced medical facilities.
Source: IT Department, Government of Orissa 
