Odisha to set up health university to improve medical education

The state is all set to establish a health university to improve medical education. It will be established on the occasion of the 107th birth anniversary of politician Biju Patnaik. The Odisha University of Health Sciences Act was passed in the assembly in October 2021 and notified by the government on August 14, 2022. 

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the establishment of a health university to improve the medical education of the state. The university will be set up at Bhubaneshwar on the occasion of the 107th birth anniversary of politician Biju Patnaik.

The official notification reads, "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Odisha University of Health Sciences Act, 2021 (Odisha Act 22 of 2021), the state government do hereby appoint March 5, 2023, as the date on which there shall be established in the State of Odisha a university by the name "the Odisha University of Health Sciences", the headquarters of which shall be at Bhubaneswar."

A notification issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department said, all the medical and allied health science colleges and institutions will stand affiliated with the Odisha University of Health Sciences from the 2023-24 academic session, as reported by Indian Express.

All colleges offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in health sciences, including modern medicine, ayurveda, homoeopathy, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy, will now come under the ambit of the varsity from the 2023-24 academic session, said an official.

"The Odisha government had earlier decided to set up the health university to streamline the medical education system as many such institutions have been coming up in the state," he added.

The Odisha University of Health Sciences Act was passed in the assembly in October 2021 and notified by the government on August 14, 2022.

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