14-July-2014
CUTTACK : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre to set up
NIMHANS-like institution in the state. He has shot off a letter to Union Health
Minister Harshavardhan in this regard. "In order to upgrade the facilities for
mental health and neuro sciences in Odisha, a proposal was submitted to
Government of India vide D.O.No.22260, dated 23 August, 2012 for establishing
one NIMHANS-like institution at Cuttack.
The proposed institution will be extremely beneficial to the mentally ill
persons not only of Odisha, also of the entire Eastern region," said Patnaik in
his letter. For the proposed institute, government of Odisha has identified the
required land at Cuttack. The NIMHANS director has also informed the Union
government about the feasibility of setting up of such an institute in Odisha,
he added.
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