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Critical Care Block at Rajamahendravaram GGH Set for Inauguration
A new Critical Care Block is opening at the Government General Hospital in Rajamahendravaram.
It is meant to help doctors treat very sick and emergency patients.
The building cost Rs 23.75 crore.
It was created through the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.
The opening will happen online from Vijayawada on September 12.
Jagat Prakash Nadda and N Chandrababu Naidu will take part in the programme.
Other districts will also open nine Critical Care Blocks and 12 laboratories.
A separate laboratory at Anaparthi Area Hospital cost Rs 1.25 crore.
The Rs 23.75 crore Critical Care Block at Rajamahendravaram Government General Hospital will be inaugurated virtually.
The facility was built under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.
Jagat Prakash Nadda and N Chandrababu Naidu will lead the inauguration programme from Vijayawada on September 12.
Nine Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories across the State are part of the virtual inauguration.
An Integrated Public Health Laboratory at Anaparthi Area Hospital was built at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore.
- Who
- The facility will be inaugurated by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, with district officials involved.
- What
- A Critical Care Block and an Integrated Public Health Laboratory will be inaugurated virtually.
- Where
- The inauguration will be conducted from the old Government General Hospital in Vijayawada; the Critical Care Block is at the Government General Hospital in Rajamahendravaram.
- When
- The programme is scheduled for September 12, described in the report as Saturday.
- Why
- The projects are intended to strengthen critical and emergency healthcare and provide timely treatment for seriously ill patients.
Key facts
- Critical Care Block cost
- Rs 23.75 crore
- Hospital
- Government General Hospital, Rajamahendravaram
- Programme
- Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission
- Inauguration format
- Virtual
- Inauguration venue
- Old Government General Hospital, Vijayawada
- Other projects
- Nine Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories
- Anaparthi laboratory cost
- Rs 1.25 crore
- Total state project cost
- Rs 249.50 crore









