Archive · 9 Jun 2025
AP Govt. Designates Medicover Vizag for Pediatric Cardiac Care
The Andhra Pradesh government has chosen Medicover Hospital in Visakhapatnam to help children with heart problems.
This means the hospital will offer free check-ups, tests, and surgeries to kids with heart issues, especially those from poor families.
Medicover will also hold medical camps in different districts and provide free treatment for children from orphanages.
This effort is part of a larger program to help everyone get good healthcare, working alongside other hospitals to ensure children get the treatment they need.
Ambulance services will be available to transport patients.
Medicover Vizag designated as a referral center for pediatric cardiac care.
The hospital is approved to offer free cardiac care under the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme.
Dr. Ashok Raju Alluri is leading the pediatric cardiac care effort.
Medicover will conduct monthly cardiac camps across multiple districts.
Free treatment will be available for children from orphanages and single-parent families.
- Who
- The Andhra Pradesh government and Medicover Hospitals.
- What
- Medicover Vizag designated as a referral center for pediatric cardiac care.
- When
- Following evaluation by district health officials.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To provide free treatment to children with congenital heart disease.
- Hospital
- Medicover Hospitals, Visakhapatnam
- Designation
- Referral Centre for Pediatric Cardiac Care
- Scheme
- Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme
- Specialty
- Pediatric Cardiac Care
- Doctor
- Dr. Ashok Raju Alluri
- Services Offered
- Screening, diagnostics, procedures, and surgeries