Foundation stone for medical college at Anakapalle laid
The Hindu
The foundation stones for construction of teaching hospitals at Paderu in Visakhapatnam district and at Pulivendula in YSR Kadapa district have already been laid by the Chief Minister in the past
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone for construction of a new medical college at Anakapalle in the district, along with 13 other medical colleges at different places in the State, through the virtual mode from his camp office at Amravati, on Monday. The foundation stones for construction of teaching hospitals at Paderu in Visakhapatnam district and at Pulivendula in YSR Kadapa district have already been laid by the Chief Minister in the past and the work on those two colleges has already started. Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the construction of all the 16 medical colleges would be completed at a total cost of ₹8,000 crore by December, 2023. In addition to these, land would be given free of cost to individuals, who wish to set up super specialty hospitals in district headquarters and municipal corporations. All these would change the health infrastructure in different districts and bring AP on par with tier-1 cities like Hyderabad and Chennai, which have all super speciality medical facilities, in the health sector.More Related News