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Rural healthcare in shambles as digital dispensaries shut

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September 09, 2025

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Rural healthcare in shambles as digital dispensaries shut

Nabarangpur district has long struggled with a shortage of doctors and specialists.

To provide better healthcare in rural and remote areas, 25 digital dispensaries were opened in 2017-18 at Rajiv Bhawans in various panchayats. Now, however, all these dispensaries remain locked.

A private Kolkata-based agency, Glocal Health Care System Pvt. Ltd., had signed an agreement to run these facilities. The dispensaries functioned properly in 2017-18 and 2018-19. The company was being paid ₹2217 per patient treated. Setting up each dispensary cost ₹12.5 lakh, covering equipment such as laboratory units, ECG machines, tables, chairs, and internet services.

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