Odisha Govt Eases Private Sector Participation in Health Education

Bhubaneswar: To encourage private sector investment for the establishment of high-standard health education institutions in the State, Odisha formulated new guidelines that streamline the process.

Odisha government has also prepared new guidelines for obtaining no objection certificates for different health-related courses like Nursing, D.Pharm, B. Pharm, M.Pharm, DMLT, DMRT, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, and allied medical sciences. These guidelines will also ensure a minimum standard of requirements in accordance with the recommendations of the concerned Councils.

Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Shalini Pandit informed that as per the new rules, the requirement of submission of GIS and gap analysis data by the applicant for determining of the number of institutions in a district would be discontinued.

According to her, the assessment for the suitability of the institutions will be done by subject experts through inspection.

As per the statement of the Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, the Involvement of district administration i.e. Collector and District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate, Block Development Officer, Deputy Collector, Tahsildar etc. would be discontinued.

This new rule would be operational from the 2023-24 academic session.

It is hoped that these recent provisions would facilitate the establishment of high-quality professional institutions in the State that will produce qualified and skilled health personnel in different streams.