Kakinada Govt hospital gets makeover with Rs 78.77 lakh funds
Kakinada: Kakinada Government General Hospital (GGH) in Kakinada city has undergone a significant upgrade with the installation of advanced equipment and improved infrastructure facilities, funded for Rs 78.77 lakh.
District Collector Shan Mohan, while inaugurating the modern equipment in Neurology, Pulmonology, Anesthesia and Cardiac wings in Trauma care block, said that industries such as ONGC, Biofuels limited, Gemini editable oils limited had provided Rs.78.77 lakhs under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for improving the infrastructure facilities and provide better medical services, reports UNI.
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The Collector also declared open the renovated Preventive Oncology shed at the Orthopaedic OP block, and also renovated the Blood sample collection OP shed.
According to a UNI news report, the Collector said efforts were being made to improve the medical care in the hospital further with better equipment and good environment. MLC Karri Padmasri, GGH superintendent Dr Lavanya Kumary, Rangaraya Medical College Principal Dr Attaluri Vishnuvardhan, Dr Srinivasan, ONGC General Manager HR Sunil Kumar, Chief Planning Officer Pithani Trinath, APMSIDC executive engineer Ch Rathnaraju were among those who attended.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the state's first Tata Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC) in Chittoor district, which offers connected, continuous, proactive, and patient-centric healthcare to strengthen public health infrastructure. Linked to 13 primary health centres (PHCs) and 92 village health centres, the Tata DiNC offers 12 primary healthcare services and digitises patients' health records.
"Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the Tata Digital Nerve Centre, the first such facility established in Kuppam," a press release said. The DiNC integrates healthcare facilities and resources across the constituency, improving care through digital tools and standardised health protocols.
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