Bhubaneswar, February 17: As many as 12 district headquarters hospitals(DHH) in Odisha have no Intensive Care Unit(ICU).
It was informed by the Health & Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling in the Odisha Assembly on Monday.
Presenting the database on the health services yet available in the government hospital across the state, Mahaling said that as many as 20 DHHs out of 32, have got ICUs of their own.
However, Mahaling asserted the house that process for setting up ICUs in four districts viz Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rayagada, and Rourkela—is in the final stage.
The newly commissioned ICU at the district headquarters hospital in Koraput is going to be functional by April, he added.
The remaining DHHs will have sophisticated ICUs soon, which is a part of robust healthcare across the state, Mahaling added.
