Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Odisha Government’s Labour and Employees’ State Insurance Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the Government of India for the establishment of an ESIC Medical College and Hospital at Andharua in Bhubaneswar. According to official sources, the permanent campus of the proposed medical college will be developed at Andharua. In the initial phase, the existing ESIC Hospital at Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar will be utilised to commence academic and healthcare activities immediately.
The Government of India’s Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and the Labor and Employees’ State Insurance Department of the Odisha government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Andharua, Bhubaneswar. According to official sources, the permanent location of the proposed medical college would be constructed close to Andharua. Academic and medical activities would begin immediately in the first stage at the ESIC Hospital in Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar.
Senior state government and ESIC officials attended the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding, which took place at the conference hall on the fifth floor of Kharavel Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Along with other high-ranking officials, Chithra Arumugam, Additional Chief Secretary of the Labor and Employees’ State Insurance Department, attended the event. Additional Secretary Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, ESIC Scheme Director Madhumita Nayak, Joint Director Dr. Suryanarayan Padhi, and Superintendent of ESIC Hospital, Chandrasekharpur, Dr. Amiya Kumar Samal, signed the agreement on behalf of the Odisha Government.
