Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Andhra Pradesh Launches Critical Care Blocks, Health Labs, Digital Records
Andhra Pradesh has opened new places to help people who need serious medical care.
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the facilities.
The project costs ₹249 crore.
It includes 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 public health laboratories.
These facilities add 500 beds for very sick patients.
They will offer services such as heart, kidney, brain and neurosurgery care.
Officials hope families will not need to travel as far for emergency treatment.
The state also plans to digitise citizens’ health records from January 1.
Naidu asked the Union government to support a proposed technology project called Quantum Bio Valley in Amaravati.
J.P. Nadda and N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated healthcare facilities at Old Government Hospital in Vijayawada.
The leaders virtually launched 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories across Andhra Pradesh.
The ₹249-crore project adds 500 critical-care beds, operation theatres, ultrasound services and specialist departments.
Officials said the facilities will improve emergency care access and reduce long-distance travel for poor and middle-class families.
Naidu announced that citizens’ health records will be digitised from January 1 and sought national project status for Amaravati’s 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, adding 500 critical-care beds.
- When
- Citizens’ health-record digitisation is scheduled to begin on January 1; the articles do not provide the event’s calendar date.
- Where
- The inauguration took place at Old Government Hospital in Vijayawada, while facilities across Andhra Pradesh were launched virtually from a programme at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Kala Vedika.
- Why
- The expansion is intended to improve access to emergency and specialised care and reduce long-distance travel for treatment.
- Project cost
- ₹249 crore
- Facilities launched
- 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories
- Additional capacity
- 500 critical-care beds
- Medical services
- Cardiology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery
- Other infrastructure
- Operation theatres and ultrasound facilities
- Digital health plan
- Citizens’ health records are planned to be digitised from January 1
- Proposed technology project
- Quantum Bio Valley in Amaravati
