Odisha approves seven more private hospitals with trauma care facilities Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, Nov 4 : Odisha government has approved seven more private hospitals with trauma care facilities of level I type in the state.

Official sources here on Friday said a standard operating procedure has been formulated and the MoU with the new facilities shall be signed soon. The scheme will be supervised by Additional DMET Odisha as State Nodal Officer.

To reduce the cases of fatality due to road traffic accidents, and in pursuance to the observations
of Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety, the Health & Family Welfare department have strengthened the Trauma care Facilities in Odisha.

To start with, with the support of the government of India few Trauma Care Facilities(TCF) were strengthened during the 11th Finance Year Plan and 12th Finance Year Plan.

Subsequently 33 TCFs are notified out of which 3 are Level I type, 4 are level II type and the rest
26 are level III type.
To strengthen more, and to provide cashless treatment in the first 48 hours of trauma, a scheme Free Treatment for Trauma Fund has been rolled out in 2019 in the state.

Official sources said as on today 11 private level I type trauma facilities have been empanelled and to support these TCFs ,schemes have been made like “New Casualty and Trauma Care” and “Free Treatment for Trauma Fund”.