As yesterday went by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the establishment of a healthy university in the state on the occasion of the 107^th birth anniversary of politician Biju Patnaik. In-stored university on Sunday opened gates for the students at Bhubaneshwar.

All the medical and allied health science colleges and institutions will stand affiliated to the Odisha University of Health Sciences from the 2023-24 academic session, a notification issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department said.

All colleges offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in health sciences, including modern medicine, ayurveda, homeopathy, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy, will now come under the ambit of the varsity from the 2023-24 academic session, an official said.

The Odisha government had earlier decided to set up the health university to streamline the medical education system as many such institutions have been coming up in the state, he said.

The Odisha University of Health Sciences Act was passed in the assembly in October 2021 and notified by the government on August 14, 2022.