₹221-crore boost to medical infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh

Under the National AYUSH Mission, 50-bed integrated AYUSH hospitals will be constructed at six locations, notes Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav.

Key points

• To further strengthen medical infrastructure in the State, tenders have been invited for 12 projects with an estimated cost of ₹221.67 crore, according to Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav.
• The Minister remarked a Administration Unani Medical College would be established at Proddatur in Kadapa district, with an estimated construction cost of ₹49 crore.
• The Andhra Pradesh Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APMSIDC) had initiated the tender process through e-procurement, the Minister remarked.
• On the same campus, extra construction would be carried out at the 50-bed integrated AYUSH hospital, he informed.
• As well as further facilities in the administration allopathic hospitals, satya Kumar remarked these projects include construction of buildings required for AYUSH medical services and medical education.

In an official note on Friday, Mr. As well as further facilities in the administration allopathic hospitals, satya Kumar remarked these projects include construction of buildings required for AYUSH medical services and medical education. Of the 12 projects, 10 were related to the AYUSH Department and two to the Allopathic Medical Department, he remarked.

Elaborating further, he remarked under the National AYUSH Mission (NAM), 50-bed integrated AYUSH hospitals would be constructed at six locations – Tekkali in Srikakulam district (₹9.98 crore), Rampachodavaram in Polavaram district (₹10.57 crore), Nandigama in NTR district (₹10.52 crore), Tenali in Guntur district (₹10.50 crore), Giddalur in Markapuram district (₹10.58 crore), and Tirupati district (₹9.99 crore).

Notably, the Minister remarked a Administration Unani Medical College would be established at Proddatur in Kadapa district, with an estimated construction cost of ₹49 crore. Similarly, a Administration Ayurveda Medical College would be established at Dharmavaram in Sri Sathya Sai district at an estimated cost of ₹49 crore, he went on.

On the VIMS campus in Visakhapatnam, the existing Administration Naturopathy and Yoga College would have a first floor constructed above the existing ground floor at an estimated cost of ₹9.37 crore. On the same campus, extra construction would be carried out at the 50-bed integrated AYUSH hospital, he informed. A third floor would be constructed above the existing second floor, along with facilities required for the Clinical Department of the college. The estimated cost of the project was ₹3.04 crore, he remarked.

Mr. Satya Kumar remarked the 50-bed Community Health Centre at Chintur would be upgraded into a 100-bed regional hospital, at an estimated cost of ₹21.99 crore and a new Out-Patient Department (OPD) building would be constructed at Kakinada Administration General Hospital (GGH), at an estimated cost of ₹27.13 crore.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APMSIDC) had initiated the tender process through e-procurement, the Minister remarked.

For now, ₹221-crore boost to medical infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.