PM Modi to inaugurate Rs 114 crore ESI Hospital at Kakinada on February 25

Kakinada: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ESI hospital constructed at a cost of Rs. 114 crores in the Sambamurtynagar area here on February 25 in virtual mode. 

Kakinada MP Vanga Geeta Viswanath told media persons at the hospital here on Thursday that the construction of the hospital was started in 2020 and completed on schedule despite the COVID epidemic and heavy rains lashing the area.

He said the hospital was provided with modern equipment and has four operating theatres.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Ch Naga Narasimharao, Municipal Health Officer Dr. D Prudhvicharan, Incharge Superintendent K Srinivasarao, and SE P. Satyakumari were among those who attended.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare laid the foundation stone for 2 Critical Care Blocks and a BSL-3 Laboratory in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He also inaugurated 7 Integrated Public Health Laboratories to be set up in various districts of the state. Smt. Vidadala Rajini, Minister of Health, Government of Andhra Pradesh was also present. These new facilities will give a boost to the healthcare infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh and help in addressing the challenges of any health emergency.

Expressing his elation at the event, Dr Mandaviya said the BSL laboratory, seven Integrated Public Health laboratories and the two Critical Care Blocks, once operational, will play a pivotal role in providing quality medical services to the people of Andhra Pradesh.