Jagan to inaugurate the state’s largest cancer hospital in Tirupati
Tirupati: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy will be the state’s largest cancer hospital and the foundation stone of a children’s super specialty hospital built by the TTD in Tirupati on Thursday.
The Chief Minister is also set to launch the ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme’ at a public meeting at the SV University Stadium. He is also scheduled to have a face-to-face interaction and a group photo with the students after the launch.
The CM will lay the foundation stone for the Sri Padmavathi Children’s Super Specialty Hospital, which is nearing a six-acre site near Alipiri, and spread over a 4. 11 lakh sq. ft built-in area. This would be a 350-beds with a seven-floor building, to be built at a cost of Rs 300 crore.
Haematoma Oncology, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Neurology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Gastro Enterology etc. In addition, bone marrow, heart and other organ transplants will also cost children free of charge.
Later the CM will open the Cleft Palate, Deaf and Dumb wards with the BIRRD hospital in support of ‘Mission Health for All’.
In a first of its kind, the AP government along with an international voluntary organization ‘Smile Train’ will offer free service in Behavioral Counseling and Speech Therapy with patients below age 16 in Cleft Palate.
Later, Jagan will inaugurate the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Cancer Care and Advance Research (SVICCAR), erected by The TATA Trust, over 1. 65 lakh sq-ft. This was built at a cost of Rs 180 crore. The hospital is decked-up with state-of-the-art medical equipment and comprises all infrastructures in medical, surgical and radiation oncology.
A new complex has been built with 92 in-patient beds and modern medical equipment to provide quality medicare.
The Tata Trust is one of many states across the country that already runs SV Tata Cancer Hospital.
The chief minister would also be the Srinivasa Sethu, an elevated express highway corridor in Tirupati. TTD has been contributing Rs 458.28 crore on this Rs 684 crore project.
In the first phase, the construction of 3km of elevated flyover from Srinivasam to Vasavi Bhavan has been completed. This part will be inaugurated by The CM on Thursday.
