Andhra Pradesh: Govt to sanction Medical college to every parliamentary constituency

Chittoor -  Medical and Health Minister Aalla Kali Krishna Srinivas (Nani) stated that the state government has decided to sanction a medical college for every Parliamentary constituency in the state and added that Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy is giving top priority to the health of the people.

The Minister said , based on the official reports, Madanapalli has got sanctioned a medical college which was decided of late by the government.

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He went around some mandals located nearer to Madanapalli for choose a suitable place for construction of a medical college building on Saturday along with Deputy Chief Minister Narayana Swamy, Panchanyatraj Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Chittoor MP Reddeppa, district Collector Narayana Bharat Gupta and other officials.

The Minister visited Sanitorium (Aarogyavaram) , Venkatappa Kota of Madanapalli Rural and Rachavetivaripalli of Nimmanapalli mandal.

Addressing a press conference at Rachavetivaripalli of Nimmanapalli mandal after completion of land search for college, he said as part of decision taken by the government recently that the Madanpalli under Chittoor Parliamentary Constituency got sanctioned a medical college and the construction works will start after getting suitable land for medical college.

He said the Government will take up development works including modernizing of existing PHCs to teaching hospitals besides providing qualified doctors along with providing medical equipments at an estimated budget of Rs 16, 000 crore as ever before this explains, he said, how the Government is keen on developing medical sector in the state.

Nani revealed that the Government will soon take up the fill up of 9. 700 vacant posts which the decision came out during the program 'Naadu – Nedu' and he expressed that this will surely bring a revolution in the medical sector.

All praising CM Jagan, Deputy Chief Minister Narayanaswamy said the Jagan government has sanctioned 11 thousand village clinics in the sate in which 417 will come up in the Chittoor district soon which helps in providing medical care even to the nook and corner villages.

Madanapalli MLA Nawaz Basha, Thamballapalli MLA Dwarkanath Reddy, Joint Collector (development) V Veerabramham and other officials were present.

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