bhubaneswar with an eye on the forthcoming lok sabha and state assembly elections the odisha government has decided to transform 147 health centres with high case load to ama hospital each assembly constituency will have one ama hospital where continuous feedback from the patients will be taken to ensure proper treatment and care ama hospital is a move to improve infrastructure and ensure enough manpower for the healthcare facilities under governments 5t team work technology transparency transformation and time limit charter a feedbackbased governance model launched in in 2019 the health facilities that have been approved for transformation will be completed in the first phase by october 2023 official sources said the district collectors will implement the schemes with the assistance of districtlevel committees dlc the estimates are to be discussed in the dlc and approval of collector is to be obtained the dlc will select the implementing agency by following the due procedure prescribed in odisha public works department opwd code and odisha general financial rules ogfr the dlc will also monitor the progress of the activities under the scheme of ama hospitalcollectors will approve rs 4 crore for nonresidential works and for the procurement of goods up to rs 25 lakh in case the value of works and goods exceeds the prescribed financial limit approval from district health society dhs will have to be obtained the procurement of equipment is to be made following government norms the funds will be released in favour of the implementing agencies by the office of the collector said the notificationthe transformation will be undertaken on four identified aspects refurbishing physical health infrastructure for chc and above strengthening basic patient amenities improving service delivery and quality certification of health facilitiesusually the selection of healthcare units for development is done district or blockwise but since the government has decided to upgrade hospitals each in assembly constituency in the ama hospital scheme it is very obvious that it is doing so with an eye on elections said sudarshan das a congress leader