Rs 290-cr super specialty hospital for Vijayawada

Created On: 16 Dec 2013 5:28 PM IST

Rs 290-cr Super Specialty Hospital for Vijayawada, Super Specialty Hospital in Vijayawada. The Minister informed that Rs 6000 crore were spent on surgical intervention for nearly 20 lakh patients out of the Rs 6,500 crore budget that was allotted to the medical and health department during the current financial year.

Vijayawada: Minister for Medical Education and Health Kondru Murali has said that all is set for modernising the medical college and developing the Super specialty hospital. Vijayawada will become a well-equipped healthy city after completion of these two major projects, he said. Addressing reporters here on Sunday, the Minister said that the super specialty hospital would be built with a budget of Rs 290 crore on the premises of the Dr NTR University of Health Sciences. “The government is looking for about 100 acres of land to begin the construction and work.

The State Public Service Commission has started the process of recruiting 1200 doctors and 400 assistant professors into hospitals,” said Kondru Murali. He announced that very soon health cards would be issued to the employees of municipal corporation, municipalities, lawyers and journalists beside government employees. Apart from that, government sanctioned permission to set up medical colleges in West Godavari, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Vizianagaram districts, said Kondru Murali.

The Minister informed that Rs 6000 crore were spent on surgical intervention for nearly 20 lakh patients out of the Rs 6,500 crore budget that was allotted to the medical and health department during the current financial year.