India, Feb. 13 -- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today laid foundation stone for a medical college in Nabarangpur district of Odisha.

The proposed medical college in Nabarangpur will have 420 beds and 100 MBBS seats, said the Chief Minister.

"The people of Nabarangpur had been pleading for a medical college in the district since long. To fulfill their demands, the foundation stone for the medical college was laid today," said the Chief Minister.

The initiative will strengthen healthcare services in Nabarangpur and provide an opportunity to the meritorious students of the district to pursue medical education, he added.

According to the Chief Minister, the construction work and all other necessary arrangements for the medical college...