Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone for construction of a new medical college at Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam district, along with 13 other medical colleges at different places in the state.
The foundation stones for construction of teaching hospitals at Paderu in Visakhapatnam district and at Pulivendula in YSR Kadapa district have already been laid by the Chief Minister and work on those two colleges has already commenced.
The construction of all 16 medical colleges will be completed at a total cost of Rs 8,000 crore by December 2023.
In addition to these, land would be given free of cost to individuals who wish to set up super specialty hospitals in district headquarters and municipal corporations.
All these will change the health infrastructure in different districts and bring Andhra Pradesh on a par with Tier-1 cities like Hyderabad and Chennai, which have all super-specialty medical facilities in the health sector.