Kakinada, Jan 3rd: A total of 35,081 poor people in East Godavari district were provided free medical treatment including major surgeries under the Rajiv Arogyasri, the brain child of former chief minister late Y.S Rajashekar Reddy. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, the collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi said that East Godavari was emerging as number one in the state for successful implementation of the scheme. The state government spent about Rs 110 crore on providing treatment to patients under the scheme, which was inaugurated in December 2007.
Nearly 35,000 poor people including 15,901 women were provided medical treatment by four government and 22 private network hospitals in the district. Under the scheme, heart surgeries were conducted on 34 per cent patients, 10 per cent for cancer and eight per cent for accident victims, he added. The district coordinator of the scheme Mr. K. Krishna Kumar and the DMHO, Mr. Vijay Kumar were present.
Nearly 35,000 poor people including 15,901 women were provided medical treatment by four government and 22 private network hospitals in the district. Under the scheme, heart surgeries were conducted on 34 per cent patients, 10 per cent for cancer and eight per cent for accident victims, he added. The district coordinator of the scheme Mr. K. Krishna Kumar and the DMHO, Mr. Vijay Kumar were present.
Another bandh for united Andhra Posted on 04-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 3rd: People of the Godavari districts will witness another bandh in favor of Samaikya Andhra on Monday. The Samaikya Andhra Joint Action Committee (SJAC) of various student unions and political parties from the 13 districts of Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra regions gave a call for bandh...
IIITs to offer engineering courses Posted on 04-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 3rd: The three IIITs in Idupulapaya, Nuzividu and Basar which were established by the state government for imparting IT education, will now offer other engineering courses. The government was forced to review its decision with the slowdown in IT sector. It will introduce engineering co...
Rail roko stir today Posted on 05-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 4th: The banth call given by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of various student unions and the leaders irrespective of political parties for Samaikya Andhra passes off peacefully in Kakinada city and other parts of Kakinada region in the district, as no untoward incident was reported. ...
Bandh held peacefully Posted on 05-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 4th: The bandh call given by the joint action committee of political parties, students and professional favoring united Andhra Pradesh passed off peacefully in both the East and West Godavari districts with an exception of a few incidents of violence resulting in destruction of property...
CBSE scrapped in state schools Posted on 05-Jan-2010
Hyderabad Jan 4th: The state government has finally decided to scrap the CBSE English medium syllabus in 6,500 government high schools from the ensuing academic year 2010-11. However, it will continue English medium in state government schools. The minister for secondary education, Mr. D. Manikya Var...
YSR's bronze statue to be unveiled Posted on 05-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, Jan 4 : The life size bronze statue of former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, installed at a cost of Rs 40 lakh, will be unveiled by Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah in neighboring Yanam, the tiny territory of Pondicherry, as a part of the tourism festival on January 6....
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