Congress MLA Turns Doctor in Odisha: CS Raazen Ekka Treats Patients in Doctors’ Absence in Rajgangpur (Watch Video)
Bhubaneswar, October 26: With Odisha assembly elections barely six months away, Congress MLA CS Raazen Ekka was on Thursday found treating patients and prescribing medicines at a community health centre (CHC) at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district.
Ekka, a doctor by profession before getting elected to the Odisha Assembly from Rajgangpur, reached the CHC after people complained about the absence of doctors at the facility. Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Congress Releases Third List of Candidates for Upcoming Vidhan Sabha Polls; Check Names of Candidates and Their Constituencies.
An MBBS degree holder and a former Indian Army doctor, Ekka said, “The people of the area are denied basic health services due to absence of doctors. As I am a doctor by profession, I preferred to solve people’s problem. I was told that doctors haven’t come to the CHC for the last 3-4 days.” As the MLA was treating patients at the hospital, videos went viral in social media. Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: ED Acting Like Locusts in State, Congress Wins Wherever Investigating Agencies Conduct Raid, Says CM Ashok Gehlot.
Congress MLA CS Raazen Ekka Treating Patients
#Odisha MLA CS Raazen Ekka treats patients at a Community Health Centre (CHC) in Rajgangpur of #Sundargarh as doctors remain absent pic.twitter.com/snDRle9KuZ
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Ekka said he would draw the attention of the government towards lack of doctors in several health facilities in the tribal-dominated Rajgangpur area.
Health department officials were not available for comments.
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