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Nadda, Naidu Launch ₹249-Crore Healthcare Facilities Across Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh has opened new healthcare facilities in several parts of the State.
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched them.
The project costs ₹249 crore.
It includes 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 public health laboratories.
Together, they add 500 beds for patients needing serious medical care.
The centres will offer services such as heart, kidney, brain and neurosurgery treatment.
Officials said this could help families avoid travelling far for specialised care.
Naidu also said health records would be digitised from January 1 and asked for national recognition for a planned technology project in Amaravati.
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated new healthcare facilities in Vijayawada.
Ten Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories were launched across Andhra Pradesh at a cost of ₹249 crore.
The facilities add 500 critical care beds and include operation theatres, ultrasound services, and specialist departments.
The new infrastructure is intended to improve emergency care access for poor and middle-class families and reduce long-distance travel for treatment.
Naidu said citizens’ health records would be digitised from January 1 and sought national project status for Amaravati’s proposed Quantum Bio Valley.
- Who
- Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the facilities.
- What
- Ten Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories were inaugurated or virtually launched.
- Where
- The facilities were launched across Andhra Pradesh, with an inauguration at Old Government General Hospital in Vijayawada and a programme at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Kala Vedika.
- When
- The event took place before the planned digitisation of citizens’ health records from January 1; the articles do not specify the event date.
- Why
- The project is intended to expand emergency and specialised medical care, add critical-care beds, and reduce the need for patients to travel long distances.
Key facts
- Project cost
- ₹249 crore
- Facilities launched
- 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories
- Additional capacity
- 500 critical care beds
- Specialist services
- Cardiology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery
- Other facilities
- State-of-the-art operation theatres and ultrasound services
- Health records
- Citizen health records are planned to be digitised from January 1
- Proposed technology project
- Quantum Bio Valley in Amaravati
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