Minister M Srinivasa Rao rues over poor quality food at hospital

Visakhapatnam: Tourism Minister M Srinivasa Rao during a surprise visit to Government Victoria Women Hospital on Saturday announced that the State government will not tolerate any kind of lapses in the maintenance of hospital.

Accompanied by VMRDA Chairperson Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao, the Minister inspected the hospital and said the government was giving top priority to the education and healthcare sectors. He visited the Maternity Ward and saw the food being served to the women and found them not fresh.

On being told that food was being cooked in another hospital and brought here, the Minister instructed the officials concerned to make necessary arrangements to cook food in the hospital itself. VMRDA Chairman also questioned a woman patient about the quality of food being served in the hospital.

When the woman patient said the food was not good, the minister warned the contractors that such negligence will not be tolerated. The woman patient added that the treatment offered by the hospital was good to patients.