BHUBANESWAR: The state govt will open a mini hospital inside the Jagannath Temple in Puri. A team of medical group of workers, together with a health care provider and nurse, will probably be provide at the unit 24X7 to wait to in poor health devotees.
Temple officers stated a hospital inside the shrine was a necessity. "Stampede-like situations caused by heavy rush inside the temple are quite common. Many devotees, mostly the elderly, often fall sick within the premises of the 12th-century shrine. There have been incidents in the past of devotees dying on the way to the nearest hospital, which is three kilometre away," a temple respectable stated.
"We will soon set aside some land inside the temple to build the mini hospital. It will have two or three beds and basic facilities. Ailing devotees can get initial treatment within the temple before being referred to the district headquarters hospital," regulation and health minister Pratap Jena stated on Tuesday. The shrine functions under the administrative control of the regulation division.
On November 4, 2006, a stampede inside the temple killed 4 pilgrims and injured ratings. Earlier in 1993, six devotees had died and several other others injured in a stampede inside the temple during Nagarjuna Besha.
In the wake of common assaults on devotees via some servitors, regulation minister Jena stated efforts were being made via the temple management and the district police to verify the protection of tourists. On May 20, a bunch of servitors attacked a Thane-based IT skilled, Chetan Amolkar, and misbehaved along with his spouse when they refused to pay dakshina. To regulate errant servitors, the temple management has installed CCTV cameras out of doors the sanctum sanctorum.
In the wake of common assaults on devotees via servitors, regulation minister Jena stated efforts were being made via the temple management and the district police to verify the protection of tourists. On May 20, a bunch of servitors assaulted Thane-based IT skilled Chetan Amolkar and misbehaved along with his spouse when they refused to pay dakshina. To regulate errant servitors, the temple management installed CCTV cameras out of doors the sanctum sanctorum.
Jena stated efforts were additionally being made to retrieve huge patches of temple land from clutches of encroachers. Sources stated Lord Jagannath had around 60,418 acres in Odisha. Out of this, 33,843 acres of land had already been recorded in the name of the Jagannath Temple, while the rest is mired in felony disputes following encroachments. There are 395.25 acres of land in the name of the temple out of doors the state.
Temple officers stated a hospital inside the shrine was a necessity. "Stampede-like situations caused by heavy rush inside the temple are quite common. Many devotees, mostly the elderly, often fall sick within the premises of the 12th-century shrine. There have been incidents in the past of devotees dying on the way to the nearest hospital, which is three kilometre away," a temple respectable stated.
"We will soon set aside some land inside the temple to build the mini hospital. It will have two or three beds and basic facilities. Ailing devotees can get initial treatment within the temple before being referred to the district headquarters hospital," regulation and health minister Pratap Jena stated on Tuesday. The shrine functions under the administrative control of the regulation division.
On November 4, 2006, a stampede inside the temple killed 4 pilgrims and injured ratings. Earlier in 1993, six devotees had died and several other others injured in a stampede inside the temple during Nagarjuna Besha.
In the wake of common assaults on devotees via some servitors, regulation minister Jena stated efforts were being made via the temple management and the district police to verify the protection of tourists. On May 20, a bunch of servitors attacked a Thane-based IT skilled, Chetan Amolkar, and misbehaved along with his spouse when they refused to pay dakshina. To regulate errant servitors, the temple management has installed CCTV cameras out of doors the sanctum sanctorum.
In the wake of common assaults on devotees via servitors, regulation minister Jena stated efforts were being made via the temple management and the district police to verify the protection of tourists. On May 20, a bunch of servitors assaulted Thane-based IT skilled Chetan Amolkar and misbehaved along with his spouse when they refused to pay dakshina. To regulate errant servitors, the temple management installed CCTV cameras out of doors the sanctum sanctorum.
Jena stated efforts were additionally being made to retrieve huge patches of temple land from clutches of encroachers. Sources stated Lord Jagannath had around 60,418 acres in Odisha. Out of this, 33,843 acres of land had already been recorded in the name of the Jagannath Temple, while the rest is mired in felony disputes following encroachments. There are 395.25 acres of land in the name of the temple out of doors the state.
Jagannath Temple to get mini-hospital on premises
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