Naidu vows to improve healthcare services
Our Bureau
Hyderabad , Nov. 21
THE Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday reiterated his Government's commitment to development and improvement in standards of healthcare and called upon the medical professionals to help achieve this vital goal.
Inaugurating a major multi-speciality hospital here on Friday amidst a large gathering of TDP and BJP supporters, Mr Naidu, while reiterating his commitment to improve the quality of life, said, "We can only provide the right infrastructure but it is for you to use it judiciously and maintain it and offer quality services to the people across sections coming from various parts of the State."
The new Gandhi Medical Hospital and College, which includes nursing training facilities, will serve as a monument especially for people in Telangana. These 28 operations theatres have a worldwide, online connectivity, which will enable a specialist from anywhere in the world to provide referral service and guidance for the best treatment possible, he said.
The Rs 100-crore, 1600-bed Gandhi Hospital and Medical College buildings complex, located in a 30-acre site, was created in a record time.
The 152-year-old hospital has about a million sq ft of built-up space, hosting some 29 specialities. This hospital was created in 1851 to look after the British residents of Secunderabad hosting a general, maternity and a ward for paupers.
The new hospital and medical college premises was carved out of the land which hosted the Musheerabad central jail. With the jail being relocated in the outskirts, the land was allotted for the Gandhi hospital complex where the existing hospital and medical colleges have been shifted.
The old hospital complex in Secunderabad, its medical college premises located in the busy Hyderabad shopping area, and another facility at Secunderabad will be sold out to prospective developers and these are likely to pave way for commercial complexes.
The proceeds, thus received, could be redeployed for further expansion of the hospital complex.
The hospital project was executed by the Andhra Pradesh Health and Medical Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation.
Gandhi Medical College Batch of 92 Alumni Association "once a Gandhian always a Gandhian" Whatever the reason wherever they may be; many have made names for themselves in foreign lands and many have stayed behind to contribute substantively to the field of medicine in India. Venkata Krishna rao Bodavula
