Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday announced that a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness Centre will soon be established in Sambalpur.
According to Pradhan, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Finance have already approved the required posts and related arrangements for setting up the new wellness centre in the city.
The minister said the approval came following his request to the Centre to address the long-standing demand of residents of Sambalpur.
The Sambalpur MP expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J. P. Nadda for fulfilling the demand.
The Union minister said in a post on X that the CGHS wellness centre will significantly benefit employees working in various central government institutions in Sambalpur, as well as senior pensioners, by improving access to healthcare facilities.
The CGHS provides comprehensive healthcare services to central government employees, pensioners, and their dependents through a network of wellness centres and empanelled hospitals across the country.
