Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik lays foundation of MCL Medical College, Talcher

Talcher, September 03, 2015: Mr Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, today laid the foundation stone of Mahanadi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, a Rs 492 crore CSR project of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), in Talcher Coalfields of Odisha.

The foundation stone of ambitious CSR project in the country’s largest coalfield by a coal CPSU was laid in the august presence of Mr Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Coal, Power and New & Renewable Energy and Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Mr Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Hon’ble Health and Family Welfare Minister, Government of Odisha, and Mr Braja Kishore Pradhan, MLA, Talcher constituency were among the distinguished people present at the ceremony, which was witnessed by a large gathering of people of peripheral areas of MCL.

MCL CMD Mr A N Sahay, Director (Technical/Operations) Mr A K Tiwari, Chief Vigilance Officer Mr Deepak Srivastava, IFS, Director (Technical/Projects & Planning) Mr J P Singh, Director (Personnel) Mr P C Panigrahi and Director (Finance) Mr K K Parida were prominent among large number of company’s senior officers present on the occasion.

The MIMSR will have a 100-seat medical college with 500 bedded multi-specialty Hospital with the state-of-the-art medical facilities in Anatomy, Bio-chemistry, Micro-Biology, Physiology, FM, toxicology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Community Medicine, Laboratory and Library.

The project envisages a hostel for 300 boys, a separate hostel for 200 girl students, two blocks of Hostel for 100 interns, a hostel for 57 junior resident doctors and a 50-bedded nurses’ hostel.

It also includes separate 42 flats for faculty members, and higher accommodation facility for professors and the head of the institution.

Planned on the Smart and Green Concept with Building Management System by public sector construction major National Building Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC), the MIMSR campus would also have a modern Gym, Guest House and Shopping arcade.