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Odisha Government has signed an MoU with Prashanti Medical Services & Research Foundation for providing world class medical treatment free of cost

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Bhubaneswar:25/3/23: Odisha Government has signed an MoU with Prashanti Medical Services & Research Foundation (PMSRF) for providing world class medical treatment free of cost to patients suffering from cardiac ailments.

The MoU has been inked for two years from 21.2.2023 to 20.2.2025 for the third term, a release stated today.

As per the agreement, the PMSRF shall organise free screening camp for children at district hospitals/medical colleges or at any other suitable venue to examine, confirm and categorise the suspected paediatric cardiac cases and provide feasible diagnostic facilities at the screening site (including Echo) free of cost.

The PMSRF shall provide treatment to the identified patients being referred by the Health and Family welfare Department, Government of Odisha, for congenital cardiac defects at its hospitals at free of cost. Annually, around 500 children and 500 Adults referred by Odisha Government shall be provided free surgery by PMSRF.

The children between age group of 3 months to 18 years will be treated at Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital in Ahmedabad. The Adults in 19-65 years age group will be treated at Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital in Rajkot.

The patient as well as the care taker or escort of the patients shall not be liable to make any payment to PMSRF for the treatment/surgery of the patient, which includes accommodation, in PMSRF hospital.

The transportation charges of patient, to and from the Hospital in Ahmedabad & Rajkot will be met by Govt. of Odisha, the release read.

The PMSRF has agreed to extend free treatment to the patients from Odisha (identified in the screening camps or referred by the State) which shall include all pre and post medical diagnosis and investigations at hospital, cost of surgery/ surgeries, all pre and post-operative care at hospital required medications during hospitalization ICU charges, consumables and implants, stents, coils and grafts, etc.

Earlier, the state government had signed MoUs with the PMSRF for the period from 2018 to 2022 during which 940 pediatric cardiac patients and 256 adult cardiac patients have been successfully operated at Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital, Ahmedabad and Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital, Rajkot respectively.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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