In order to transform KGH into a worldwide institution, Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav has underlined the value of teamwork and asked medical personnel to revive he spirit of service that first attracted prospective health professionals to this area.
During a review meeting on Monday at the King George Hospital (KGH) in Visakhapatnam, the minister discussed the state’s healthcare system’s upcoming needs and urgent concerns. Yadav arrived at the renowned 170-year-old KGH for his second hospital visit after his first visit to Tirupati.
“As opposed to holding out for government funding. We ought to enlist donors’ assistance to finish some projects. Let’s work together to bring about a significant transformation at KGH. It will take some time, but with everyone’s help, our educational system will become the greatest in the world.” stated Yadav.
The minister emphasized the ongoing problem of people choosing private hospitals over the many government healthcare institutions. “Arcgyasree has many advantages, but millions of crores of loans encumber it. We can win back the public’s faith if we direct these monies for our own hospitals,” he claimed.
He observed that patients continued to favor private hospitals even with the wide network of Village Health Clinics, PHCS, CHCS, UHCS, Area Hospitals, District Hospitals, and Specialty Hospitals that were provided at the village level. Yadav questioned about the officials’ unwillingness to work in underdeveloped areas. “How can we establish medical colleges and provide quality education if no one is willing to work in these regions ?”
Additionally, he cited examples of significant financial misappropriations in the healthcare industry, saying, “People’s representatives requested modernization of Visakhapatnam’s historic King George Hospital (KGH) during a review meeting convened by Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav at KGH. According to them, it must provide the greatest services to residents of Vizag, North Andhra, and the nearby state of Odisha.
MP Bharat, MLA Vishna Kumar Raju, TD state president and Gajuwaka legislator Palla Srinivasa Rao, KGH superintendent Dr P Shivanand, principal of Andhra Medical College (AMC) Dr Buchiraju, district collector Harendra Prasad, and DMHO Dr P. Jagadeeswar Rao were among those present at the review.
Bharat emphasized how important it is to keep the KGH grounds tidy. He emphasized how difficult it is to build new facilities because of financial limitations. He recommended that in order to account for the next fifty years of expansion, future constructions follow the G+20 model.
The efforts to improve medical services for patients arriving from neighboring Odisha and North Andhra were described by Collector Harendra Pra- sad. Palla Srinivasa Rao and MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju commended KGH for being a well-known facility to which patients are frequently transferred after all other alternatives for treatment have been exhausted. The minister was informed on the various programs being undertaken by KGH by DMHO Dr. Jagadeeswara Rao, AMC principal Dr. Euchiraju, and KGH superintendent Shivanand. The district medical and health department, along with Andhra Medical College.
Several hundred crores worth of money had been stolen, he claimed. “We are investigating where it went.” In order to make KGH a worldwide model institution, the minister underlined the value of cooperation. He announced plans for widespread health screenings, such as Arogyasree screenings for 68 lakh individuals and tests for breast and cervical cancer for 5.3 crore people.
Furthermore. In an effort to improve the standard of medical education, he declared that 12 new medical colleges will be built around the state.
MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju and MP Bharat both attended the meeting. Palla Srinivas, the district collector, the dean of the medical hospital, the superintendent of KGH, etc.
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