New Sankara Eye Super Speciality Centre opens in Guntur
Guntur: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday inaugurated the new Shankara Eye Hospital building at Pedakakani in Guntur district. He said that efforts are underway to extend medical assistance of up to Rs 25 lakh for the poor.
CM Naidu said his government is preparing to introduce a Universal Health Coverage Scheme that will provide Rs 2.5 lakh health insurance to all the people of the state.
"The state government is preparing to launch a Universal Health Coverage Scheme to provide Rs 2.5 lakh health insurance to all the people of Andhra Pradesh," said Naidu, news agency PTI reported.
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Earlier, Naidu interacted with the hospital authorities, who briefed him on the advanced facilities available there.
The Shankara Eye Hospital has performed over four lakh surgeries and nine lakh examinations so far, supported by a faculty of 300 and receiving a daily footfall of nearly 3,000 patients.
Naidu further mentioned that under the proposed Sanjeevani Project, the government aims to ensure accessible and quality healthcare services to patients irrespective of their locations.
He added that medical records of over six crore residents of the state will be digitised, and with the support of the Bill Gates Foundation, knowledge and technology transfer will be undertaken through a pilot initiative, which is already in progress.
The new facility, run under the guidance of Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamiji, the Pontiff and World Teacher of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, houses a Super Speciality Eye Care Centre. Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Andhra Pradesh government has announced the establishment of eight new Special Newborn Care Units (SNCUs) in government hospitals across the state, with an addition of 80 new beds (warmers). The announcement was made by Health, Family Welfare, and Medical Education Minister Satya Kumar Yadav.
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