Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Minister Inaugurates 11 DCA Buildings Virtually
A health minister named Satya Kumar Yadav opened 11 new buildings for checking medicine quality in different places.
These buildings cost Rs 11.12 crore to build and will save the government Rs 15 lakh every year in rent.
The minister also said they will add new machines to these buildings to test more medicine samples.
Right now, they test 4,000 samples each year, but with the new buildings, they will be able to test 13,000 samples.
The minister also announced that a new medical college in Paderu will get 100 new seats for students starting in 2026.
He also talked about the need to be careful about a disease called Scrub Typhus and to get medical help if needed.
Minister Satya Kumar Yadav virtually inaugurated 11 new DCA buildings costing Rs 11.12 crore.
The buildings will save the government Rs 15 lakh annually in rent and are equipped with state-of-the-art labs.
New labs in Visakhapatnam and Kurnool will increase the state's medicine testing capacity from 4,000 to 13,000 samples per year.
The minister announced 100 new MBBS seats for Paderu government medical college starting in 2026-27.
He emphasized the need for awareness and medical treatment for Scrub Typhus and promised to fill vacant DCA posts soon.
- Who
- Minister for Health Satya Kumar Yadav
- What
- Inaugurated 11 new DCA buildings and announced 100 MBBS seats for Paderu college
- When
- Tuesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Mangalagiri, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To improve drug quality control and expand medical education
- Minister
- Satya Kumar Yadav
- Buildings Inaugurated
- 11
- Estimated Cost
- Rs 11.12 crore
- Location
- Mangalagiri, Guntur district
- Annual Rent Savings
- Rs 15 lakh
- New Labs
- Visakhapatnam, Kurnool
- Equipment Cost
- Rs 6 crore
- Current Testing Capacity
- 4,000 samples/year
- Future Testing Capacity
- 13,000 samples/year
- MBBS Seats Sanctioned
- 100 for Paderu college in 2026-27
