New medical colleges will save lives in rural areas, says Jagan
The Hindu
CM lays stone for 14 facilities virtually; offers land free for pvt. super speciality hospitals
At a time when the global pandemic is raging across the country, a significant step towards scaling up public health facilities in rural areas across the State was taken on Monday. In tune with the National Health Policy, the State government had decided to set up 16 new medical colleges in rural areas which will provide tertiary medical facilities. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy virtually laid the foundation stone for the construction of 14 out of the 16 medical colleges/teaching hospitals each at Piduguralla (Guntur), Machilipatnam (Krishna), Vizianagaram, Anakapalle (Visakhapatnam), Rajahmundry (East Godavari), Amalapuram (East Godavari), Palakollu (West Godavari), Eluru (West Godavari), Bapatla (Guntur), Markapuram (Prakasam), Madanapalle (Chittoor), Penukonda (Anantapur), Nandyal (Kurnool) and Adoni (Kurnool). “I am happy that we are beginning yet another massive project by laying the foundation stone for 14 out of the 16 new medical colleges/teaching hospitals and nursing colleges across the State. The work on Paderu and Pulivendula (the other two hospitals) has begun already. I am happy that the new medical colleges will create a new ecosystem in these areas benefiting a vast number of people. As these new colleges are being set up in rural areas, they will save precious lives and reduce the stress on teaching hospitals in district headquarters. We are spending ₹16,000 crore on scaling up infrastructure in the Primary Health Centres, Area Hospitals and GGH in district headquarters. We do not have tertiary health care facilities like in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru, but now we can say that there will be excellent tertiary health care facilities in each Parliamentary constituency,’’ said Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy.More Related News