By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The State authorities on Tuesday urged Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to maintain the promise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in changing the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in Rourkela metropolis right into a medical school.
Writing to Pradhan forward of inauguration of the IGH Super Speciality Hospital by President of India Ram Nath Kovind on March 21, Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik reminded the April 2, 2015 announcement by the Prime Minister for changing IGH right into a medical school and Super Speciality Hospital.Referring to Pradhan’s invitation to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the inaugural operate, Mallik stated, “ It appears from your letter that IGH has been converted only to a 200-bed super speciality hospital and not into a medical college even after six years of the PM’s announcement.”
“It is a matter of great concern that IGH could not be upgraded to a medical college as promised. What is disturbing is that Rourkela Steel Plant has ignored the commitment made by the Prime Minister,” Mallik stated.In 2015, former Union Steel Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had additionally assured the then Sundargarh MP that the work on medical school will start quickly.
“With the conversion of IGH into a medical college, the people of Sundargarh and nearby areas would have been immensely benefited,” Mallik stated and added that non-fulfillment of the PM’s promise has upset the folks of the district and the Steel metropolis.
Seeking private intervention from Pradhan, Mallik urged the Union Minister to direct the RSP authority to meet the promise of the Prime Minister by changing IGH right into a medical school.
