Kakinada, Jan 7th: The minister for social welfare, Mr. Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, inaugurated Rs 2 crore worth dialysis unit at the Women and Child department block of the government general hospital (GGH) here on Thursday. The unit comes into operation in the hospital for the convenience of Rajiv Arogyasri (RAS) beneficiaries and it was set up under the scheme of RAS with a private partnership, the minister said. Minister also told that thousands of poor people are being benefited under the RSA due to which several other states were keen on adopting the scheme.
However as part of the hospital development works, they would set up an ART center with help of Clinton Foundation, which would be inaugurated in 10 days. For CT Scan projects, the AMG organization has already contributed Rs 80 lakh. It is estimated to be completed with in 45 days. The hospital superintendent, Mr. M.B.R Sarma, said that the GGH was actually needed 10 dialysis units which are useful to the kidney patients. However at present a total of six such units are there. The units would be boon to the poor patients who are not able to spends lots of money for dialysis, he added.
However as part of the hospital development works, they would set up an ART center with help of Clinton Foundation, which would be inaugurated in 10 days. For CT Scan projects, the AMG organization has already contributed Rs 80 lakh. It is estimated to be completed with in 45 days. The hospital superintendent, Mr. M.B.R Sarma, said that the GGH was actually needed 10 dialysis units which are useful to the kidney patients. However at present a total of six such units are there. The units would be boon to the poor patients who are not able to spends lots of money for dialysis, he added.
Road safety drive ends Posted on 08-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 7th: Week long Road Safety drive conducted by the Road Transport Authorities (RTA) was concluded here at Kakinada Depot on Thursday. The drive was held from January 1st to 7th to create awareness about the public about the safe driving to ensure their own safety and also the safety of t...
AP govt intervenes to reduce hike Posted on 08-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 7 : Under attack from the opposition and also from some Congress leaders, the Andhra Pradesh Government on Thursday intervened to provide relief to the common man and students by bringing down to some extent the hike effected by the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation from midnig...
Reliance outlets attacked in AP Posted on 08-Jan-2010
Hyderabad: The retail outlets and business establishments of the Reliance Group in Hyderabad and some parts of Andhra Pradesh came under attack from supporters of the late Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy late on Thursday.The provocation was a report in a foreign magazine which was picked up by ...
Hope island to become tourist hub Posted on 08-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 7th: East Godavari district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi said that the district administration is planning to develop the hope island into a tourist hub. A meeting was organized with the officials of Oil and Natural Gas here on Thursday at collectorate court hall. Speaking on t...
BSNL to launch G-3 services Posted on 09-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 8th: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited plans to introduce G-3 services for the benefit of its mobile subscribers in the first week of February in East Godavari. The BSNL authorities maintain they were going to launch the G-3 services in a phased manner covering 100 km in the district and...
Sankranti Puraskaras to be given Posted on 09-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 8th: The agricultural and its allied departments of East Godavari district are making arrangements to celebrate Sankranti Pratibha Puraskars-2010 in the third week of January. The departments principal secretary, Ms. Rachel Chatterjee, through a video conference on Friday directed the c...
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